κατα - βαίνω , aor. 2 κατέβην, 3 pl. -έβησαν,
κατέβαν, subj. -βείομεν, imp.
κατάβηθι, inf. -βῆναι, -βήμεναι, mid. aor. κατεβήσετο, imp. καταβήσεο,
subj. καταβήσεται: step down,
descend, τινός,
‘from,’ οὐρανόθεν,
Od. 6.281; εἴς
τι, ἐπί τι, and sometimes w. acc. of end of motion without
prep., κατεβήσετο θάλαμον, Od. 2.337; then apparently trans., κλι?μακα, ἐφόλκαιον, ‘down -
stairs,’ ‘down the rudder,’ Od. 1.330, Od.
14.350
; ὑπερώια, as acc. of the place
from which (as if the verb meant to
leave), Od. 18.206,
Od. 23.85.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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