A.way down, descent, Hdt.1.186 (pl.), 7.223, etc.; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. Isoc.10.20, Str.8.6.12, cf. Hdt.2.122; title of work by Dicaearchus, Cic.Att.13.31.2; cf. καταίβασις.
3. metaph., descent of an idea into the mind, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.242.
4. steep ground, declivity, Demetr.Eloc.248 (pl.).
5. ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, LXX3 Ki.7.16(29).