καταιβάτης
Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις ἐπ' ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἳ παραδόξως ἀλαζονεύονται, μηδὲ τὰ κοινὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπιτελεῖν δυνάμενοι → One would use this fable for those who give themselves unreasonable airs, but can't handle everyday life (Aesop 40)
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.
