ἐπί-βᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
stepping upon, [[ ἐς τὴν ναῦν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 12 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; advent, [[ Annuario 6/7.417 (from Phaselis); αἱ ἐ. τῆς θαλάσσης] Refs] risings.. , [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 34.9.6. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2. means of approach, access, ἔχειν ἐ. [[“IG” 7.167 (from Megara); τοῦ νοητοῦ -σεις 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.7.36; ἐ. τοῦ ἐραστοῦ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 13.163d ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: hence concretely, rungs, steps, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 511b (_plural_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3. ἔς τινα ποιεῖσθαι ἐ. make a handle against, a means of attacking one, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; ἐ. τι τίθεσθαι εἴς τι 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; attack, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 49; ἀμφισβητούμενον ἢ ἐπίβασιν ἔχον] Refs 2nd c.AD+] liable to be impugned, [[“IG” 22.1051a14. ] Refs]
__4. getting on one's feet, of a child beginning to walk, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.114; especially in recovery after a broken leg, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Fract.” 18 (_plural_); τῇ ἐ. χρῆσθαι [prev\. author] “Art.” 58 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; foothold, in snow, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.54.5. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__5. resting of one thing on another, e.g. of a bone, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 51. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6. Rhet., κατ᾽ ἐπίβασιν by gradation, [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 11.1. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]