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ἀποβαίνω

I.to step off from a place, to alight or disembark from a ship, Hom., etc.; absol. to disembark, Hdt., Thuc., etc.:— to dismount from a chariot, ἵππων or ἐξ ἵππων Il.
2.to go away, depart, id=Il., attic;—c. gen., ἀπ. πεδίων Eur.; of hopes, to come to naught, id=Eur.
II.of events, to issue or result from, τὰ ἔμελλε ἀποβήσεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης Hdt.; τὸ ἀποβαῖνον, contr. τἀποβαῖνον, the issue, event, and τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα, τὰ ἀποβάντα the results, id=Hdt., Thuc.; τὰ ἀποβησόμενα the probable results, Thuc.
2.to turn out so and so, παρὰ δόξαν Hdt.; τοιόνδε Eur.; ὡς προσεδέχετο Thuc.:—absol. to turn out well, succeed, id=Thuc.
3.of persons, to end by being, ἀπ. κοινοί to prove impartial, id=Thuc.; so, ἐς ἀλαθινὸν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀπ. Theocr.; ἀπέβη ἐς μουναρχίην things ended in a monarchy, Hdt.
B.Causal in aor1 ἀπέβησα, to make to dismount, disembark, land, (in which sense ἀποβιβάζω serves as pres.), ἀπ. στρατιήν Hdt.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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