καταβιβάζω

English (LSJ)

causal of καταβαίνω,

   A make to go down, bring down, τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς πυρῆς Hdt.1.87, cf. 86; τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ καταστρώματος ἐς κοίλην νέα Id.8.119; στρατιώτας . . εἰς τὴν Χώραν τῶν Φρυγῶν Hell.Oxy. 16.3; τὴν πόλιν πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν Plu.Them.4; bring from town to country, Id.Cam.10; down into a mine, Th.7.86, Plu.2.262d: metaph., bring down, lower, κ. σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ αὐχημάτων εἰς τὸ δημοτικώτερον D.H.7.45:—Pass., κωμῳδία -βιβασθεῖσα εἰς τὸ λογοειδές Str.1.2.6.    2 force to come down, εἰς τὸ ὁμαλὸν τὸ στρατόπεδον X.HG4.6.7, cf. Th.5.65; drive away, Hp.Prorrh.1.143.    II bring down, τὴν διήγησιν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ πρώτου Φοινικικοῦ πολέμου D.H.1.8; τὸν λόγον ἐπὶ τὰ νῦν καθεστῶτα Luc.Rh.Pr.20.    III bring down the accent, i.e. throw it forward, A.D.Synt.213.16, EM774.34.    IV Astron., ὁ -βιβάζων (sc. σύνδεσμος) the descending node, Vett.Val.30.6, Procl.Hyp.5.101.