__1 dismount from a chariot or from horseback, δίφρου [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.109; ἐκ τῆς ἁρμαμάξης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76; ἀφ᾽ ἁρμάτων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.51; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but κ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων give up riding, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.24, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.1:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —hence in passive, ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse is dismounted from, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 go down from the inland parts to the sea, especially from central Asia [[compare (ἀναβαίνω 11.3), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also from Athens, κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, ἐς λιμένα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 327a, “Tht.” 142a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 go down into the scene of contest, γυμνὸν ἐπὶ στάδιον κ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.49 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο (i.e. τὸ ἀεθλεύειν) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, = Latin in certamen descendere, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.42, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 504 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare καταβατέο; μέτρῳ καταβαίνειν 'seek no more contests' (μέτρῳ by litotes for μή), [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.78 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ὅπλων κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of an orator, come down from the tribune, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.92, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.23, etc.; rarely in full, κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος [prev. work]113; so κατάβα.--καταβήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 979 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, also κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων, to cease from.., [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 35, “Nec.” 1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 less frequently of things, πρὶν.. καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸς οὖρον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.19 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of tears, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 111 (eleg.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of streams, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the womb, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582b24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἱστ; at what price did [the robe] come down from the loom? [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.35 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the heavenly bodies, set, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 31.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically,
__II.1 attain, πόμπιμον κατέβαινε νόστου τέλος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.25; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 511b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, attain one's end, ἐν φάει κ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, come to, arrive at in course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he ended with prayer, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116: usually with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, κατέβαινε αὖτις παραιτεόμενος[[ [prev. work] 90, compare 118, 9.94 ] Refs]; καταβάς, of a writer, [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.454B. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.2 κ. εἰς.. conform to, εἰς τοὺς Χρόνους κ. τούτους [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335a11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 fall in value, [[ POxy. 1223.33 (4th c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.51. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 λέγεται μηδὲν αὐτοῖς τούτων καταβαίνειν, of abusive language, does not affect them or get home, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.242. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
