κάθοδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[κάτοδος]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[descent]], especially of [[Demeter]], Plu.2.378e; represented in mysteries, Herod.1.56; and so of a [[procession]], ἥρωος κ. Call.''Aet.''1.1.26: generally, [[going down]], τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ κ. ἡ ἡδονή [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''690b30, cf. Luc.''Nec.''2; [[way down]], Id.''DMort.''27.1; of planets, [[declination]], Simp.''in Cael.''510.29.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἡ κ. ἡ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν</b>, = [[κατάβασις]], Arr.''An.''1.2.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[journey down]] the Nile, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]'' 1119.27 (iii A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[coming back]], [[return]], E.''HF''19, Th.3.114; especially of an exile to his country, Hdt.1.60,61, al., Th.3.85,5.16, etc.; κ. καὶ ἄδεια Id.8.81.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[cycle]], [[recurrence]], <b class="b3">χιλίων ἐτῶν κ.</b> a thousand years [[twice told]], in plural, [[LXX]] ''Ec.''6.6, cf. Phot.; also <b class="b3">τρεῖς καθόδους</b> three [[times]], [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''9.25, cf. Aq.''Ex.''34.24, al.; ἄχρι δύο καθόδων [[twice over]], Alex.Trall.1.17.