ἀνάβασις

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.