get up on, mount,
ἐπανα-βαίνω, poet.ἐπαμβ-, Opp. H. 3.638 :—
A. get up on, mount,
ἐπί τι
Ar. Nu. 1487
, Eq. 169 ;ἐπαναβεβηκότες mounted(on horseback), Hdt. 3.85 ; of a star,rise above the horizon,
Arist. Mete. 342b34 .
2. of animals,cover,
Id. HA 540a22 , Clearch. 36 .
3. come upon,
τὸ γῆρας ἐπαναβάν
Com.Adesp. 612
.
II. go upinland, Th. 7.29 .
III. to be promoted,
εἰς τὰς τῶν ταξιάρχων χώρας
X. Cyr. 2.1.23
.
2. ofαἰτίαιandἀρχαί, mount upwards,
ἐπὶ τὰ ἀνωτέρω
Arist. Metaph. 990a6
, cf. Ph. 257a22 ;τὸ ἐπαναβεβηκός higherormore ultimate principle,
S.E. P. 1.174 ; thegenus,
Sor. 2.6 ; [ ἀρχῆς] οὐδεὶς ἂν εὕροι ἁπλουστέραν οὐδὲ ἐπαναβεβηκυῖαν ἡντινοῦν
Plot. 2.9.1
;search for higher principles,
ἐ. ἀεὶ εἰς ἄπειρον
Id. 3.6.1
;ἐπαναβεβηκότα τῇ ψυχῇ [νοῦν] Id. 6.9.5 .
b. transcend,c. gen., Anon. in Prm. in Rh.Mus. 47.617 ; also c. dat.,ἐνέργεια -βεβηκυῖα πάσαις καὶ χρωμένη αὐταῖς ὡς ὀργάνοιςibid.
