ἐπαναβαίνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. [[ἐπαμβαίνω]], Opp.''H.''3.638:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[get up on]], [[mount]], ἐπί τι Ar.''Nu.''1487, ''Eq.''169; [[ἐπαναβεβηκότες]] [[mounted]] (on horseback), Hdt.3.85; of a star, [[rise above the horizon]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''342b34.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of animals, [[cover]], Id.''HA''540a22, Clearch.36.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[come upon]], τὸ γῆρας ἐπαναβάν ''Com.Adesp.''612.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[go up]] inland, Th. 7.29.<br><span class="bld">III</span> to [[be promoted]], εἰς τὰς τῶν ταξιάρχων χώρας [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.1.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[αἰτίαι]] and [[ἀρχαί]], [[mount upwards]], ἐπὶ τὰ ἀνωτέρω [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''990a6, cf. ''Ph.''257a22; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπαναβεβηκός</b> [[higher]] or [[more ultimate principle]], S.E.''P.''1.174; the [[genus]], Sor.2.6; [ἀρχῆς] οὐδεὶς ἂν εὕροι ἁπλουστέραν οὐδὲ ἐπαναβεβηκυῖαν ἡντινοῦν Plot.2.9.1; [[search for higher principles]], ἐ. ἀεὶ εἰς ἄπειρον Id.3.6.1; <b class="b3">ἐπαναβεβηκότα τῇ ψυχῇ [νοῦν]</b> Id.6.9.5.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[transcend]], c. gen., Anon.''in Prm.'' in ''Rh.Mus.''47.617; also c. dat., <b class="b3">ἐνέργεια -βεβηκυῖα πάσαις καὶ χρωμένη αὐταῖς ὡς ὀργάνοις</b> ibid.