κατάντης

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ες, (ἄντα)

   A downhill, steep, opp. ἀνάντης, κ. ἀτραπός Ar.Ra.127; ἐς τὰ κατάντεα downwards, Hp.Off.9; ἐπὶ κάταντες, = κάταντα, Pl.Ti.77d; εἰς τὸ κάταντες X.Eq.8.8; ἐν τῷ κατάντει Id.HG4.8.37; ἀπὸ τοῦ κατάντους ib.3.5.20; ἐν τοῖς κατάντεσι Diocl.Fr.142: neut. as Adv., κάταντες κινεῖσθαι Arist.Ph.248a22; τὰ κατάντη ἁμιλλώμενοι X.Eq. 8.6; τὰ κ. ἐλαύνεσθαι Id.Eq.Mag.8.3; θεῖν Id.Cyn.5.17; φέρεσθαι Arist.HA567a7; καταβαίνειν Thphr.Lass.11.    II metaph., prone, inclined, πρός τι E.Rh.318, Epicur.Nat.908.4, Plu.2.53e.