ἀνάβασις
τὸ αὐτοφυὲς κρεῖττον τοῦ ἑτεροδιδάκτου → what is inborn is better than what is taught by others
English (LSJ)
poet. ἄμβασις, εως, ἡ, (ἀναβαίνω)
A going up, mounting, esp. on horseback, X.Eq.3.11; way of mounting, ib.7.4. b concrete, πᾶσα ἄμβασις, = πάντες ἀναβάται, all the horsemen, S.OC 1070. c ascension, εἰς τὸν ἕβδομον οὐρανόν Ascens.Is.10.21. d ascent of soul to God, Hierocl. in CA 26p.481M. 2 expedition up from the coast, esp. into Central Asia, as that of the younger Cyrus related by X. 3 rising of ariver, Heph.Astr.1.23; esp.inundation of the Nile, D.S.1.34, Placit.4.1, POxy.483; δικαία ἀ. normal rise, OGI666(i A. D.): pl., Str.16.1.24, Plu.2.368b. 4 Medic., increasing period of a disease, before the crisis (ἀκμή), Gal.9.556, al. 5 leaves of tree, LXX Ez.47.12. II way up, ascent of a tower, mountain, etc., Hdt.1.181,7.223, Men.Sam.20, etc.; ἡ ἀ. τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν Th.7.42; ἀναβῆναι ἐκείνην τὴν ἀ. to make that ascent, Pl.R. 519d, cf. 515e. 2 stairs, LXX 1 Ch.26.16, al. III metaph., progress, Artem.4.28; of numbers, progression, Id.2.70. IV = ἵππουρις; cf. ἀναβάσιον.
