κάθοδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. κάτοδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[descent]], especially of Demeter, Plu.2.378e; represented in mysteries, <span class="bibl">Herod.1.56</span>; and so of a [[procession]], ἥρωος κ. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>1.1.26</span>: generally, [[going down]], τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ κ. ἡ ἡδονή <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>690b30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>2</span>; [[way down]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">DMort.</span>27.1</span>; of planets, [[declination]], <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Cael.</span>510.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἡ κ. ἡ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν</b>, = [[κατάβασις]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[journey down]] the Nile, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 1119.27</span> (iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[coming back]], [[return]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.114</span>; especially of an exile to his country, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.60</span>,<span class="bibl">61</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.3.85</span>,<span class="bibl">5.16</span>, etc.; κ. καὶ ἄδεια <span class="bibl">Id.8.81</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[cycle]], [[recurrence]], <b class="b3">χιλίων ἐτῶν κ</b>. a thousand years [[twice told]], in plural, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ec.</span>6.6</span>, cf. Phot.; also <b class="b3">τρεῖς καθόδους</b> three [[times]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>9.25</span>, cf. Aq.<span class="title">Ex.</span>34.24, al.; ἄχρι δύο καθόδων [[twice over]], <span class="bibl">Alex.Trall.1.17</span>.</span>