καταιβάτης

καται-βάτης [ᾰ], ου, ὁ,

• a name of Zeus as descending in thunder and lightning, Ar. Pax 42, Clearch. 9, Lyc. 1370, IG 2.1659b, 12(3).1360 (Thera), 1093 (Melos), BCH 50.245 (Thasos), Ἀρχ.Ἐφ. 1924.146 (Thess.), Paus. 5.14.10, Corn. ND 9: 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. Pax 649.
    • 3 of Ἀχέρων, 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.

καταιβάτης, ὁ, p. = καταβάτης, der Herabsteigende, Herabfahrende, bes. Beiwort des in Blitz u. Donner niederfahrenden Zeus, Ar. Pax 42 ; Ath. XII.522f u. Sp., wie Lycophr. 1370 ; καταιβάτης κεραυνός Aesch. Prom. 359, wie σκηπτός Lycophr. 382 ; auch Hermes, der die Toten in den Hades hinabführt, hieß so bei den Athenern u. Rhodiern, nach Schol. Ar. Pax 649. – Beiname des Demetrius, Plut. Demetr. 10. – Auch des Acheron, zu dem man hinabsteigt od. hinabfährt, Eur. Bacch. 1358, u. des Apollon, s. καταιβάσιος.

καταιβάτης poet. for καταβάτης καταβαίνω

• • • 1a name of Zeus as descending in thunder and lightning, Ar.:—also of his thunder, descending, hurled down, Aesch.
    • 2of Ἀχέρων, that to which one descends, downward, Eur.