κάθοδος
Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht
English (LSJ)
Ion. κάτοδος, ἡ,
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. 2 ἡ κ. ἡ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν, = κατάβασις, Arr.An.1.2.4. 3 journey down the Nile, POxy. 1119.27 (iii A.D.), etc. II coming back, return, E.HF19, Th.3.114; esp. of an exile to his country, Hdt.1.60,61, al., Th.3.85,5.16, etc.; κ. καὶ ἄδεια Id.8.81. III cycle, recurrence, χιλίων ἐτῶν κ. a thousand years twice told, in pl., LXXEc.6.6, cf. Phot.; also τρεῖς καθόδους three times, LXX 3 Ki.9.25, cf. Aq.Ex.34.24, al.; ἄχρι δύο καθόδων twice over, Alex.Trall.1.17.
