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ἀνάβασις

ἀνάβασις, a going up, mounting

ἀνάβᾰσις, poet. ἄμβασις, εως, ἡ, (ἀναβαίνω)
  • going up, mounting, esp. on horseback, X. Eq. 3.11; way of mounting, ib. 7.4.
        • b concrete, πᾶσα ἄμβασις, = πάντες ἀναβάται, all the horsemen, S. OC 1070.
        • c ascension, εἰς τὸν ἕβδομον οὐρανόν Ascens.Is. 10.21.
        • d ascent of soul to God, Hierocl. in CA 26 p.481 M.
      • 2 expedition up from the coast, esp. into Central Asia, as that of the younger Cyrus related by X.
      • 3 rising of a river, Heph.Astr. 1.23; esp. inundation of the Nile, D.S. 1.34, Placit. 4.1, POxy. 483; δικαία ἀ. normal rise, OGI 666 (i A. D.): pl., Str. 16.1.24, Plu. Isid. 2.368b.
      • 4 Medic., increasing period of a disease, before the crisis (ἀκμή), Gal. 9.556, al.
      • 5 leaves of tree, LXX Ez. 47.12.
    • II way up, ascent of a tower, mountain, etc., Hdt. 1.181, 7.223, Men. Sam. 20, etc.; ἡ ἀ. τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν Th. 7.42; ἀναβῆναι ἐκείνην τὴν ἀ. to make that ascent, Pl. R. 519d, cf. 515e.
      • 2 stairs, LXX 1 Ch. 26.16, al.
    • III metaph., progress, Artem. 4.28; of numbers, progression, Id. 2.70.
    • IV = ἵππουρις; cf. ἀναβάσιον.

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