ἐπίβασις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A stepping upon, ἐς τὴν ναῦν Luc.Nav.12; advent, Annuario 6/7.417 (Phaselis); αἱ ἐ. τῆς θαλάσσης risings . ., Plb.34.9.6.    2. means of approach, access, ἔχειν ἐ. IG7.167 (Megara); τοῦ νοητοῦ -σεις Plot.6.7.36; ἐ. τοῦ ἐραστοῦ Them.Or.13.163d: hence concretely, rungs, steps, Pl.R.511b(pl.).    3. ἔς τινα ποιεῖσθαι ἐ. make a handle against, a means of attacking one, Hdt.6.61; ἐ. τι τίθεσθαι εἴς τι App.BC1.37; attack, Luc.Hist.Conscr.49; ἀμφισβητούμενον ἢ ἐπίβασιν ἔχον liable to be impugned, IG22.1051a14.    4. getting on one's feet, of a child beginning to walk, Sor.1.114; esp. in recovery after a broken leg, Hp. Fract.18 (pl.); τῇ ἐ. χρῆσθαι Id.Art.58; foothold, in snow, Plb.3.54.5.    5. resting of one thing on another, e.g. of a bone, Hp.Art.51.    6. Rhet., κατ' ἐπίβασιν by gradation, Longin.11.1.    7. that on which one stands, Ph.1.125,332.    8. entry into office, PLond.3.1170.3 (iii A.D.).    II. of the male, covering, Plu.2.754a(pl.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 928] ἡ, das Hinaufsteigen; χάρακος D. Hal. 5, 41; ὄνων, Bespringen, Plut. Amator. c. 9 m.; das Heranrücken, der Angriff, Luc.; vom Meere, Ueberschwemmung, Pol. 34, 9, 6; – übertr., καὶ ὁρμαί Plat. Rep. VI, 511 b; ἐπίβασιν εἴς τινα ποιεῖσθαι, Veranlassung, Her. 6, 61; – das Darauftreten, τῆς χιόνος ἄδηλον ποιούσης τὴν ἐπίβασιν Pol. 3, 54, 5.