καταιβάτης
Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ' ἔβλαστε. τοῦτο καὶ πόλεις πορθεῖ, τόδ' ἄνδρας ἐξανίστησιν δόμων → Nothing has harmed humans more than the evil of money – money it is which destroys cities, money it is which drives people from their homes
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ου, ὁ, a name of Zeus as
A descending in thunder and lightning, Ar.Pax42, Clearch.9, Lyc.1370, IG2.1659b, 12(3).1360 (Thera), 1093 (Melos), BCH50.245 (Thasos), Ἀρχ.Ἐφ.1924.146 (Thess.), Paus.5.14.10, Corn.ND9: applied by Athenian flattery to Demetrius, Plu.Demetr.10; also κ. κεραυνός, σκηπτός, A.Pr.361, Lyc.382. 2 of Hermes, who led souls down to the nether world, Sch.Ar.Pax649. 3 ofἈχέρων, that to which one descends, downward, E.Ba.1360. 4 of a person, descending underground, Dam. Isid.131. 5 καταιβάται, οἱ, members of a thiasos of worshippers of Dionysus, Inscr.Magn.215a36.--In these senses the form καταβάτης never occurs; cf. καταιβάσιος, καταιβάτις, etc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
καταιβάτης: ᾰ, ου, ὁ, ἐπίθετ. τοῦ Διὸς ὡς καταβαίνοντος ἐν βρονταῖς καὶ ἀστραπαῖς, ὁ Jupiter Elicius τῶν Ρωμαίων, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 42, Κλέαρχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 522F, Λυκόφρ. 1370, Παυσ. 5. 14, 10, Κορνοῦτος περὶ Θ. Φύσ. 9·― ὠσαύτως ἐπὶ τῆς βροντῆς αὐτοῦ, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 359, Λυκόφρ. 382· ― ἀπεδίδετο ὑπὸ τῶν κολάκων Ἀθηναίων εἰς τὸν Δημήτριον, Πλουτ. Δημήτρ. 10. 2) ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ὅστις ὡδηγεῖ τὰς ψυχὰς εἰς τὸν ᾍδην, Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 649. 3) ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀχέροντος, ὁ καταβαίνων ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν διὰ καταβόθρας. Εὐρ. Βάκχ. 1360.― Ἐπὶ τούτων τῶν ἐννοιῶν ὁ τύπος καταβάτης οὐδέποτε ἀπαντᾷ· πρβλ. καταιβάσιος, καταιβάτις, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
1 qui lance la foudre;
2 qui tombe sur la terre en parl. de la foudre.
Étymologie: *καταιβαίνω, c. καταβαίνω.
