ἀνάβᾰσις,
poetry ἄμβασις, εως, ἡ, (ἀναβαίνω) going up, mounting, especially on horseback, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.11] Refs 5th c.BC+]; way of mounting, [[[prev. work] 7.4. ] Refs]
__b concrete, πᾶσα ἄμβασις, ={πάντες ἀναβάται}, all the horsemen, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1070. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__c ascension, εἰς τὸν ἕβδομον οὐρανόν[[ “Ascens.Is.” 10.21. ] Refs]
__d ascent of soul to God, [[ 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 26p.481M. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__2 expedition up from the coast, especially into Central Asia, as that of the younger Cyrus related by [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 rising of ariver, [[ 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.23] Refs 4th c.AD+]; especiallyinundation of the Nile, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.34, “Placita Philosophorum” 4.1, “POxy.” 483] Refs 1st c.BC+]; δικαία ἀ. normal rise, [[ “OGI” 666(1st c.AD): _plural_, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.1.24, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.368b. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 in Medicine texts, increasing period of a disease, before the crisis (ἀκμή), [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.556, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]