A.descent, esp. of Demeter, Plu.2.378e; represented in mysteries, Herod.1.56; and so of a procession, “ἥρωος κ.” Call.Aet.1.1.26: generally, going down, “τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ κ. ἡ ἡδονή” Arist.PA690b30, cf. Luc.Nec.2; way down, Id.DMort.27.1; of planets, declination, Simp.in Cael.510.29.
3. journey down the Nile, POxy. 1119.27 (iii A.D.), etc.