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ἐπιβάθρα , ἡ,
A.ladder or steps to ascend by: scaling ladder, Ph.Bel. 91.48, Ath.Mech.25.3,J.BJ7.9.2,Arr.An.4.27.1; ship's ladder, gangway, D.S.12.62.
2.. metaph., means of approach, stepping-stone, Plb.3.24.14 (pl.); “ἐ. ἔχειν τὴν Ἄβυδον” Id.16.29.2; “γάμον ἐ. τισὶ γενέσθαι” J.AJ11.8.2; τῆς Ἑλλάδος towards . . , Plu.Demetr.8; τῷ ἑξῆς “λόγῳ” Arr.Epict.1.7.22, cf. Plot.1.6.1; “εἰς τὸ ἐξευρεῖν” Gal.9.149.
3.. platform for engines of war, J.BJ7.8.5; base, foundation, γῆ . . τοῖς ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς βεβηκόσιν ἑδραία ἐ. Plot.2.1.7: metaph., “γεῦσις ἐ. τῶν αἰσθήσεων” Ph.1.665.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 12.62
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 11.8.2
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 7.9.2
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 7.8.5
    • Polybius, Histories, 16.29.2
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.24.14
    • Plutarch, Demetrius, 8
    • Arrian, Anabasis, 4.27.1
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