descent
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
coming down or way down: P. κατάβασις, ἡ.
declivity: P. and V. λόφος, ὁ, V. κλιτύς, ἡ.
precipice: P. and V. κρημνός, ὁ.
a descent on the coast: P. ἀπόβασις τῆς γῆς (Thuc. 1, 108).
make a descent on, v.: ἀπόβασιν ποιεῖσθαι εἰς (acc.).
lineage, subs.: P. and V. γένος, τό, γενεά, ἡ (Euripides Fragment, Plato, and Ar.), V. γένεθλον, τό, σπορά, ἡ, σπέρμα, τό.
