Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καταβατέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταβατέος καταβατέον

Structure: καταβατε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: katabai/nw의 분사형,

Sense

  1. one must descend
  2. one must attack

Examples

  • καταβατέον. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene 1:21)
  • ἀτὰρ καταβατέον γ’ ἐπ’ αὐτούσ μ’· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode, iambics20)
  • εἰ καταβατέον αὐτῷ ἐστιν εἰσ Νέρωνοσ θεωρίασ, ὥστε καὶ αὐτόν τι λειτουργῆσαι, ἔφη " 3Κατάβηθι". (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 12:1)
  • πρεπούσῃ δὲ στολῇ ταύτασ ἐσταλμένασ καταβατέον ἐπὶ τὴν ἅμιλλαν τούτων τῶν δρόμων. (Plato, Laws, book 8 34:1)
  • καταβατέον οὖν ἐν μέρει ἑκάστῳ εἰσ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων συνοίκησιν καὶ συνεθιστέον τὰ σκοτεινὰ θεάσασθαι· (Plato, Republic, book 7 99:1)

Synonyms

  1. one must descend

  2. one must attack

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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