katabavdhn
katabavdhn »ba±1/4 , Adv. going down or downstairs: cf. ajnabavdhn .
katabaqmov"
katabaqmov" , Att. -basmov" , oJ , a descent, name ofthe steep descent from Nubia to Egypt, Aesch.
katabaivnw
kata-baivnw : f. -bhvsomai : pf. -bevbhka : aor. 2 katevbhn , poët. 3 pl. katevban ; imper. katavbhqi or katavba<Eth> ; Ep. 1 pl. subj. katabeivomen (for -bw`men ):— Med. , Ep. 3 sing. aor. I katebhvseto ; imperat. katabhvseo :— to step down, go or come down, Lat. descendere , ejx o[reo" from the mountain, Il.; k. povlio" to go down from the city, Ib.; k. divfrou to dismount from the chariot, Ib.; c. acc. loci, qavlamon katebhvseto she came down to her chamber, Od.:—but also c. acc ., katevbainÆ uJperwvi>a she came down from the upper floor, Ib.; klivmaka katebhvseto came down the ladder, Ib.; absol. to come down stairs, Ar .; hence in Pass. , i{ppo" katabaivnetai the horse is dismounted from, Xen.
2. to go down from the inland parts to the sea, esp. from central Asia ( cf. ajnabaivnw II . 3), Hdt. ; k. ej" Peiraia` , Plat.
3.
to come to land, get safe ashore,
Pind.
4.
to go down into the arena,
k. ejpÆ a[eqla
Hdt
.; and
absol.
, like
Lat.
in certamen descendere
,
Soph
.,
Xen.
5.
of an orator,
to come down from the tribune,
katavba
: —answer,
katabhvsomai
Ar.
6.
povsow katevba toi ajfÆ i{stw
; at what price did [the robe]
come down
from the loom?
Theocr.
II.
metaph
.,
katabaivnein ei[" ti
to come to
a thing
in the course of speaking,
katevbaine ej" litav"
he ended
with prayer,
Hdt.
;
c. part
.,
katevbainen paraiteovmeno"
ended
in
begging,
Id.;
k. ejpi; teleuthvn
Plat.
B. trans. to bring down, Pind.
kata-bakciovomai , ( Bavkco" ) Pass. to be full of Bacchic frenzy, katabakciou`sqe druo;" klavdoi" in oak-wreath ye rave with Bacchic fury, Eur.
katabavllw
kata-bavllw , f. -ba±lw` : aor. 2 katevba±lon , Ep. 3 sing. kavbbale :— to throw down, overthrow, Hom ., etc. ; k. eij" to; mhdevn to bring down to nothing, Hdt.
2.
to strike down
with a weapon,
to slay,
Il.,
Hdt.
,
etc.
3.
to throw
3r
bring into
a certain state,
Eur.
,
Plat.
4.
to cast down
or
away, cast off, reject,
Xen.
II.
in milder sense,
to let fall, drop down,
Hom
.;
k. iJstiva
to lower
sail,
Theogn.
;
ta;" ojfru`" k
.
Eur.
2.
to lay down, set down,
Lat.
deponere
,
Il.,
Ar.
3.
to bring
or
carry down,
esp.
to the sea-coast,
Hdt.
4.
to pay down, yield
or
bring in,
Id.:—
to pay down, pay,
Thuc
.,
etc.
:—
Med.
to cause to be deposited,
Dem.
5.
to put in, render,
marturivan
Id.
6.
to throw down
sed,
sow,
Id.;
k. favtin
,
Lat.
spargere voces
,
Hdt.
7.
to lay down as a foundation,
mostly in
Med.
,
Eur.
:—
Pass.
,
katabeblhmevno"
laid down, ordinary,