κατά-βᾰσις,εως,ἡ, opp.ἀνάβασις,
A. way down, descent, Hdt. 1.186 (pl.), 7.223 , etc.;ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. Isoc. 10.20 , Str. 8.6.12 , cf. Hdt. 2.122 ; title of work by Dicaearchus, Cic. Att. 13.31.2 ; cf.καταίβασις.
2. descent fromcentral Asia, X. An. 5.5.4 ;ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. D.S. 14.25 .
3. metaph.,descentof an idea into the mind, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.242 .
4. steep ground, declivity, Demetr. Eloc. 248 (pl.).
5. ἔργον καταβάσεως hangingwork, LXX 3 Ki. 7.16(29) .