katabasis

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

English [edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

Pronunciation [edit]

Phonetik.svg This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with enPR, IPA or SAMPA then please add some!

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek κατάβασις (katabasis), from verb καταβαίνω (katabainō), from κατά (kata, “downwards”) + βαίνω (bainō, “go”).

Noun [edit]

katabasis (plural katabases)

  1. A journey downwards: a journey downhill, a decrease of winds, a military retreat, a trip to the underworld; a trip from the interior of a country to the coast.

Translations [edit]

journey downwards

Antonyms [edit]

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=katabasis&oldid=20554292"