αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
ἄμβᾱσις: ἀμβάτης, ἄμβατος, ἀμβλήδην, ποιτ. ἀντὶ ἀναβ-: ἀμβᾶτε, Δωρ. ἀντὶ ἀναβῆτε.