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κατάβασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατάβασις καταβάσεως

Structure: καταβασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: katabai/nw

Sense

  1. descent

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καθὰ δὲ συνῆπτε ταῖσ τοῦ ἱεροῦ στοαῖσ εἰσ ἀμφοτέρασ εἶχε καταβάσεισ, δι’ ὧν κατῄεσαν οἱ φρουροί· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 276:1)
  • αὗται δὲ τὰσ μὲν τοῖσ ὑποζυγίοισ καταβάσεισ εἶχον ὀρυκτάσ, τὰσ δὲ τοῖσ ἀνδράσι κατὰ κλιμάκων ταῖσ οἰκίαισ τά τε βοσκήματα τρεφόμενα χόρτῳ, τοῖσ δ’ ἀνδράσι πολλὴν ἀφθονίαν πάντων τῶν πρὸσ τὸ ζῆν ἀναγκαίων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 27 15:2)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τῇ ἀπορίᾳ χαλεπὸν ἦν καὶ τὸ καῦμα καὶ τὸ βάθοσ τῆσ ψάμμου καὶ ἡ θερμότησ, ἔστι δ’ ὅπου καὶ θῖνεσ ὑψηλοὶ ὥστε πρὸσ τῷ δυσχερῶσ ἀναφέρειν τὰ σκέλη καθάπερ ἐκ βυθοῦ καὶ ἀναβάσεισ εἶναι καὶ καταβάσεισ· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 2 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. descent

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