ἐγκαταβαίνω
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
A go down into, put oneself in, c. acc., κροκωτὸν σπάργανον ἐγκατέβα Pi.N.1.38: c. dat., dub. l. in D.S.14.28; εἰς . . Gal. UP2.15: abs., Id.8.686.
German (Pape)
[Seite 705] (s. βαίνω), in Etwas hinabsteigen, sich hineinlegen; σπάργανον ἐγκατέβα Pind. N. 1, 38; τινί D. Sic. 14, 28.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγκαταβαίνω: καταβαίνω κάτω εἰς, ἐντίθεμαι, μετ’ αἰτ., κροκωτὸν σπάργανον ἐγκατέβα, «εἰς κροκοβαφὲς ὕφασμα ἐνετέθη σπαργανωθεὶς» (Σχόλ.), Πινδ. Ν. 1. 58· μετὰ δοτ., Διόδ. 14. 28.
English (Slater)
ἐγκᾰτᾰβαίνω
1 come down into i. e. be laid in κροκωτὸν σπάργανον ἐγκατέβα sc. the infant Herakles (N. 1.38)
