ἀπόβασις
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἀποβαίνω)
A stepping off, disembarking, ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν ἐς τὴν Λοκρίδα ἀποβάσεις ποιησάμενοι Th.3.103, cf.115; ἡ ναντικὴ ἐπ' ἄλλους ἀ. landing from ships in the face of an enemy, Id.4.10: abs., ποιεῖσθαι ἀ. disembark, land, Id.2.26; ἀ. ἐστι a landing is possible, Id.4.13, cf. 6.75; οὐκ ἔχει ἀπόβασιν does not admit of landing, or has no landing-place, Id.4.8; ἐν ἀποβάσει τῆς γῆς, = ἀποβάντες ἐς τὴν γῆν, Id.1.108. 2 in Plb.8.4.4 ἐξ ἀποβάσεως ἰσοϋψὴς τῷ τείχει, of a ladder, equal in height to the wall, when planted at the proper distance from its foot, cf. Id.9.19.7. II way of escape, Plu.Sol.14. III result, issue, τῶν εἰρημένων Aret.SA2.4, Luc.Hes.6(pl.), Artem.4.83; of prophecies, Phld.D.1.25; success in a race (prob.), Tab. Defix.Aud.234.59 (Carthage, i A.D.), al. IV = ἀγὼν ἀποβατικός, IG7.4254 (Oropus, iv B.C.). V numerical sequence, Theol.Ar. 60.
