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|Full diacritics=κατάντης
|Medium diacritics=κατάντης
|Low diacritics=κατάντης
|Capitals=ΚΑΤΑΝΤΗΣ
|Transliteration A=katántēs
|Transliteration B=katantēs
|Transliteration C=katantis
|Beta Code=kata/nths
|Definition=ες, (ἄντα) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">downhill, steep</b>, opp. ἀνάντης, κ. ἀτραπός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>127</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς τὰ κατάντεα</b> <b class="b2">downwards</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κάταντες</b>, = [[κάταντα]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>77d</span>; εἰς τὸ κάταντες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>8.8</span>; ἐν τῷ κατάντει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>4.8.37</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ κατάντους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.5.20</span>; ἐν τοῖς κατάντεσι <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.142</span>: neut. as Adv., κάταντες κινεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>248a22</span>; τὰ κατάντη ἁμιλλώμενοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 8.6</span>; τὰ κ. ἐλαύνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>8.3</span>; θεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.17</span>; φέρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>567a7</span>; καταβαίνειν <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lass.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">prone, inclined</b>, πρός τι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>318</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>908.4</span>, Plu.2.53e.</span>
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