go
καταβαίνω, Dor.
κᾰβαίνω
Alcm. 38 :fut.
A.
-βήσομαι
Hes. Th. 750
, etc.:pf. -βέβηκα; Boeot.
part.
καταβεβάων
IG 7.3055
:aor.
κατέβην
Il. 10.541
, Pi. O. 9.43 , etc.; poet.3 pl.
κατέβαν
Il. 24.329
, κατέβησαν
LXX 2 Ki. 23.13
; imper. κατάβηθι
Od. 23.20
, Ar. Lys. 873 , Lacon.
κάβασι
Hsch.
, κατάβᾱ
Ar. V. 979
, Ra. 35 ; Ep.
1 pl. subj. καταβήομεν( v.l. -βείομεν ) Il. 10.97 ; late3 sg.opt. κατάβοι
LXX 2 Ki. 1.21
(cod. B), Conon 45.2J. ; poet.part.
καββάς
Pi. N. 6.51
; Ep.
inf.
καταβήμεναι
Il. 14.19
:— Med. , Ep.
aor. 1
κατεβήσετο
6.288
, 13.17 , Od. 2.337 , al. (with v.l. κατεβήσατο ); imper. καταβήσεο
Il. 5.109
:—goorcome down from. . , c. gen.,πόλιος κ. 24.329 ;οὐρανόθεν κ. 11.184 ; Παρνασοῦ
Pi. O. 9.43
, etc.: also with Preps., ἐξ ὄρεος
Il. 13.17
; ἐς πεδίον
3.252
, etc.: also c. acc. loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο
Od. 2.337
;κ. Ἀί̈δαν, Ἀί̈δα δόμον, S. Ant. 822 (anap.), E. Heracl. 913 (lyr.); but κατέβην δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω
Od. 23.252
(later abs.,die, Lib. Or. 38.16 );ἔσω κ. Hes. Th. 750 : also c. acc. in quite different senses,κατέβαιν' ὑπερώϊαshecame down fromthe upper floor, Od. 18.206 , 23.85 ;κλίμακα κατεβήσετο came downthe ladder, 1.330 ( κ. κατὰ τῆς κλίμακος
Lys. 1.9
);ξεστὸν ἐφόλκαιον καταβάς having got down bythe lading-plank, Od. 14.350 : abs.,καταβαίνειν δ' οὐ σχολή come downstairs, Ar. Ach. 409 ; esp.
1. dismount froma chariot or from horseback, δίφρου
Il. 5.109
; ἐκ τῆς ἁρμαμάξης
Hdt. 9.76
; ἀφ' ἁρμάτων
Pi. N. 6.51
; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου
X. Cyr. 5.5.6
; butκ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων give upriding, D. 42.24 , cf. Arist. Ath. 49.1 :—hence in Pass. ,ἵππος καταβαίνεταιthe horseis dismounted from, X. Eq. 11.7 .
2. go down from the inland parts to the sea, esp. from central Asia (cf. ἀναβαίνω
11.3
), Hdt. 1.94 , etc.; also from Athens,κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, ἐς λιμένα, Pl. R. 327a , Tht. 142a .
3. go down into the scene of contest,γυμνὸν ἐπὶ στάδιον κ. Pi. P. 11.49 ;κ. ἐπ' αὐτὸ τοῦτο(sc.τὸ ἀεθλεύειν) Hdt. 5.22 : abs.,=Lat.in certamen descendere, Pi. N. 3.42 , S. Tr. 504 (lyr.), X. An. 4.8.27 ; cf.καταβατέον; μέτρῳ καταβαίνειν'seek no more contests' (μέτρῳby litotes forμή), Pi. P. 8.78 ;μεθ' ὅπλων κ. Pl. Lg. 834c .
4. of an orator,come down from the tribune, Lys. 12.92 , D. 19.23 , etc.; rarely in full,κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματοςib. 113 ; so κατάβα.--καταβήσομαι
Ar. V. 979
; later, alsoκ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων,to ceasefrom . . , Luc. Tox. 35 , Nec. 1 .
5. less freq. of things, πρὶν . . καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸς οὖρον
Il. 14.19
; of tears, E. Andr. 111 (eleg.); of streams, Pl. Criti. 118d ; of the womb, Arist. HA 582b24 ;πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ' ἱστῶ; at what price did [the robe]come downfrom the loom? Theoc. 15.35 ; of the heavenly bodies,set, Vett.Val. 31.3 .
II. metaph.,
1. attain, πόμπιμον κατέβαινε νόστου τέλος
Pi. N. 3.25
; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν
Pl. R. 511b
: abs.,attain one's end,ἐν φάει κ. Pi. N. 4.38 ; simply,cometo,arriveat in course of speaking,κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάςheendedwith prayer, Hdt. 1.116 : usu. c.part.,κατέβαινε αὖτις παραιτεόμενοςib. 90 , cf. 118 , 9.94 ;καταβάς, of a writer, Eun. VS p.454B.
2. κ. εἰς . . conform to, εἰς τοὺς Χρόνους κ. τούτους
Arist. Pol. 1335a11
.
3. condescend, Timocl. 1.2
D.
4. fall in value,
POxy. 1223.33
(iv A.D.), cf. Poll. 1.51 .
5. λέγεται μηδὲν αὐτοῖς τούτων καταβαίνειν, of abusive language, does notaffectthem orget home, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.242 .
