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ἀναβαίνω

I.to go up, mount, to go up to, c. acc. loci, Hom.; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει a report goes up among men, Od.; with a prep., ἀν. ἐς δίφρον Il.; ἀν. ἐπὶ οὔρεα Hdt.:—c. dat. to trample on, Il.:— c. acc. cogn., ἀν. στόλον to go up on an expedition, Pind.
II.Special usages:
1.to mount a ship, go on board, embark, Hom.; ἐς Τροίην ἀν. to embark for Troy, Od., etc.
2.to mount on horseback, ἀν. ἐφ᾽ ἵππον, ἐφ᾽ ἵππου Xen.; absol., ἀναβεβηκώς mounted, id=Xen.
3.of land-journeys, to go up from the coast into Central Asia, Hdt., Xen.; cf. ἀνάβασις 1. 2.
4.of rivers, to rise, Hdt.; ἀν. ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας to overflow the fields, id=Hdt.
5.in attic, ἀν. ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα, ἀν. ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα, alone, to mount the tribune, Dem.; ἀν. ἐπὶ ἀν. ἐπὶ πλῆθος, τὸ δικαστήριον to come before the people, before the court, Plat.
III.of things and events, to come to an end, turn out, like ἀποβαίνω, ἐκβαίνω, Hdt., etc.
2.to come to, pass over to, εἴς τινα id=Hdt.
B.aor1 ἀνέβησα is used as aor. to ἀναβιβάζω in causal sense, to make to go up, esp. to put on shipboard, Il., Pind.; so mid. ἀνεβήσετο Od.

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