descent

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

coming down or way down: P. κατάβασις, ἡ.

declivity: P. and V. λόφος, ὁ, V. κλιτύς, ἡ.

precipice: P. and V. κρημνός, ὁ.

attack: P. and V. εἰσβολή, ἡ.

by sea: P. ἐπίπλους, ὁ.

landing: P. ἀπόβασις, ἡ.

a descent on the coast: P. ἀπόβασις τῆς γῆς (Thuc. 1, 108).

make a descent on, v.: ἀπόβασιν ποιεῖσθαι εἰς (acc.).

lineage, subs.: P. and V. γένος, τό, γενεά, ἡ (Euripides Fragment, Plato, and Ar.), V. γένεθλον, τό, σπορά, ἡ, σπέρμα, τό.