κάθοδος

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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1288] ἡ, der Weg hinab, Luc. D. mort. 27, 1, das Hinuntergehen, z. B. in die Unterwelt, Plut. Is. et Os. 69; τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ καθόδῳ ἡ ἡδονή, d. i. beim Hinunterschlucken, Arist. part. an. 4, 11. – Gew. die Rückkehr, καθόδου δί. δωσι μισθὸν Εὐρυσθεῖ μέγαν Eur. Herc. Fur. 19; bes. der Verbannten in ihr Vaterland, Her. 1, 60 u. öfter, in der ion. Form κάτοδος; Thuc. ψηφισαμένων αὐτῶν Ἀλκιβιάδῃ κάθοδον καὶ ἄδειαν 8, 81; Plat. Legg. IX, 867 d; Xen. Hell. 1, 1, 22 u. öfter; Lys. 18, 10; ἡ τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν Pol. 2, 41, 4; Plut. öfter.