ἐπαναβαίνω
εἰς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο → they resorted to disgraceful modes of burial, they lost all shame in the burial of the dead
English (LSJ)
poet. ἐπαμβ-, Opp.H.3.638:—
A get up on, mount, ἐπί τι Ar.Nu.1487, Eq.169; ἐπαναβεβηκότες mounted (on horseback), Hdt.3.85; of a star, rise above the horizon, Arist.Mete.342b34. 2 of animals, cover, Id.HA540a22, Clearch.36. 3 come upon, τὸ γῆρας ἐπαναβάν Com.Adesp.612. II go up inland, Th. 7.29. III to be promoted, εἰς τὰς τῶν ταξιάρχων χώρας X.Cyr.2.1.23. 2 of αἰτίαι and ἀρχαί, mount upwards, ἐπὶ τὰ ἀνωτέρω Arist. Metaph.990a6, cf. Ph.257a22; τὸ ἐπαναβεβηκός higher or more ultimate principle, S.E.P.1.174; the genus, Sor.2.6; [ἀρχῆς] οὐδεὶς ἂν εὕροι ἁπλουστέραν οὐδὲ ἐπαναβεβηκυῖαν ἡντινοῦν Plot.2.9.1; search for higher principles, ἐ. ἀεὶ εἰς ἄπειρον Id.3.6.1; ἐπαναβεβηκότα τῇ ψυχῇ [νοῦν] Id.6.9.5. b transcend, c. gen., Anon.in Prm. in Rh.Mus.47.617; also c. dat., ἐνέργεια -βεβηκυῖα πάσαις καὶ χρωμένη αὐταῖς ὡς ὀργάνοις ibid.
German (Pape)
[Seite 899] (s. βαίνω), poet. ἐπαμβαίνω, hinaufsteigen, z. B. aufs Pferd, αὐτῶν ἐπαναβεβηκό των, nachdem sie aufgesessen waren, Her. 3, 85; vom Meere aus, landeinwärts, Thuc. 7, 29; die Mauern ersteigen, Xen. Hell. 7, 2, 8; ἐπὶ τὸ φροντιστήριον Ar. Nubb. 1487; ἐπ' ἐκεῖνο Plat. Tim. 63 b; εἰς τὰς τῶν ταξιάρχων χώρας Xen. Cyr. 2, 1, 23, zum Tariarchen befördert werden; von Sternen, Arist. meteor. 1, 6. – Bei Sezt. Emp. ist τὸ ἐπαναβεβηκός das Darüberstehende, wozu man weiter hinausgeht, adv. math. 8, 32 Pyrrh. 1, 38, das Generelle. – Von Thieren, bespringen, Arist. de anim. 6, 23; Ath. XIII, 605 e.
