Strong G2597καταβαίνω
to come/go down
- Transliteration
- katabainō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ab-ah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-βαίνω
[in LXX chiefly for יָרַד;]
to go or come down, descend.
1. Of persons: Mat.3:16 24:17, Luk.2:51 6:17 10:31 17:31 19:5-6, Jhn.4:47, 49 4:51 5:7, Act.7:34 8:15 10:20 20:10 23:10 24:1, 22 Eph.4:10. before ἀπό, Mat.8:1 14:29 27:40, 42 Mrk.3:22 15:30, Luk.10:30, Jhn.6:38, Act.25:7, 1Th.4:16; ἐκ, Mat.17:9; ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ, Mat.28:2, Mrk.9:9, Jhn.1:32 3:13 6:33, 41-42 6:50-51, 58 Rev.10:1 18:1 20:1; εἰς, Mrk.1:10, Luk.10:30 18:14, Jhn.2:12, Act.7:15 8:38 14:25 16:8 18:22 25:6, Rom.10:7, Eph.4:9; ἐπί, with accusative loc., Jhn.6:16; with accusative of person(s), Luk.3:22, Jhn.1:33, 51; ἐν, Jhn.5:4; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Act.10:21 14:11, Rev.12:12.
2. Of things: σκεῦος, Act.10:11 11:5; βροχή, Mat.7:25, 27; λαῖλαψ, Luk.8:23; before ἀπό, Luk.9:54, Act.8:26, Jas.1:17; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Luk.22:44 (WH, R, mg., reject); ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ before ἀπό, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10; id. before εἰς, Rev.13:13; ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.16:21. Fig., κ. ἕως ᾄδον, Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15, WH, txt., Tr., mg. (καταβιβασθήση, T, WH, mg., RV), (cf. συν-καταβαίνω).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יָרַד;]
to go or come down, descend.
1. Of persons: Mat.3:16 24:17, Luk.2:51 6:17 10:31 17:31 19:5-6, Jhn.4:47, 49 4:51 5:7, Act.7:34 8:15 10:20 20:10 23:10 24:1, 22 Eph.4:10. before ἀπό, Mat.8:1 14:29 27:40, 42 Mrk.3:22 15:30, Luk.10:30, Jhn.6:38, Act.25:7, 1Th.4:16; ἐκ, Mat.17:9; ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ, Mat.28:2, Mrk.9:9, Jhn.1:32 3:13 6:33, 41-42 6:50-51, 58 Rev.10:1 18:1 20:1; εἰς, Mrk.1:10, Luk.10:30 18:14, Jhn.2:12, Act.7:15 8:38 14:25 16:8 18:22 25:6, Rom.10:7, Eph.4:9; ἐπί, with accusative loc., Jhn.6:16; with accusative of person(s), Luk.3:22, Jhn.1:33, 51; ἐν, Jhn.5:4; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Act.10:21 14:11, Rev.12:12.
2. Of things: σκεῦος, Act.10:11 11:5; βροχή, Mat.7:25, 27; λαῖλαψ, Luk.8:23; before ἀπό, Luk.9:54, Act.8:26, Jas.1:17; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Luk.22:44 (WH, R, mg., reject); ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ before ἀπό, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10; id. before εἰς, Rev.13:13; ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.16:21. Fig., κ. ἕως ᾄδον, Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15, WH, txt., Tr., mg. (καταβιβασθήση, T, WH, mg., RV), (cf. συν-καταβαίνω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2597 appears in 80 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- come36
- descend18
- go16
- cometh4
- let3
- as2
- fall2
- be1
- get1
- goeth1
- he1
- steppeth1
First verses
- Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Matthew 8:1When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
- Matthew 14:29And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
- Matthew 17:9And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
- Matthew 24:17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
- Matthew 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
- Matthew 27:42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
- Matthew 28:2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
- Mark 1:10And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
- Mark 3:22And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
- Mark 9:9And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
- Mark 13:15And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
- Mark 15:30Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
- Mark 15:32Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
- Luke 2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- Luke 3:22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
- Luke 6:17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
- Luke 8:23But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταβαίνω,
Doric dialect κᾰβαίνω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 38)]: future -βήσομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 750, etc.:)]perfect -βέβηκ; Boeotian dialect participle καταβεβάων [Refs (“IG” 7.3055)]: aorist κατέβην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.541, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.43, etc.)]; poetry 3rd.pers. plural κατέβαν [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.329, κατέβησαν LXX.2Ki.23.13; _imperative_ κατάβηθι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 873)], Laconian dialect κάβασι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, κατάβᾱ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 979, “Ra.” 35)]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural subjunctive καταβήομεν (variant{-βείομεν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.97)]; late 3rd.pers. singular optative κατάβοι [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.2Ki.1.21 (codex B), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus 45.2J.)]; poetry participle καββάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.51)]; Epic dialect infinitive καταβήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.19)]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist 1 κατεβήσετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.288, 13.17, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.337, +others (with variant{κατεβήσατο}))]; imperative καταβήσεο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.109)]:—go or come down from.., with genitive, πόλιος κ. [Refs (24.329)]; οὐρανόθεν κ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 11.184; Παρνασοῦ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.43, etc.)]: also with Preps., ἐξ ὄρεος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.17; ἐς πεδίον 3.252, etc.: also with _accusative_ loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.337)]; κ. Ἀΐδαν, Ἀΐδα δόμον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 822 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 913 (Lyric poetry); but κατέβην δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.252)] (later absolutely, die, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 38.16))]; ἔσω κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 750: also with _accusative_ in quite different senses, κατέβαιν᾽ ὑπερώϊα)] she came down from the upper floor, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.206, 23.85)]; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο came down the ladder,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.330 (κ. κατὰ τῆς κλίμακος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.9))]; ξεστὸν ἐφόλκαιον καταβάς having got down by the lading-plank, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.350: _absolutely_, καταβαίνειν δ᾽ οὐ σχολή)] come downstairs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 409)]; especially
1 dismount from a chariot or from horseback, δίφρου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.109; ἐκ τῆς ἁρμαμάξης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76; ἀφ᾽ ἁρμάτων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.51; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.6)]; but κ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων give up riding, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.24, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.1:)] —hence in passive, ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse is dismounted from, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.7.)]
2 go down from the inland parts to the sea, especially from central Asia [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἀναβαίνω 11.3), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, etc.)]; also from Athens, κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, ἐς λιμένα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 327a, “Tht.” 142a.)]
3 go down into the scene of contest, γυμνὸν ἐπὶ στάδιον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.49)]; κ. ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο (i.e. τὸ ἀεθλεύειν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.22)]: absolutely, = Latin in certamen descendere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.42, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 504 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.27)]; compare καταβατέο; μέτρῳ καταβαίνειν 'seek no more contests' (μέτρῳ by litotes for μή), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.78)]; μεθ᾽ ὅπλων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834c.)]
4 of an orator, come down from the tribune, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.92, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.23, etc.; rarely in full, κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος [prev. work]113; so κατάβα.--καταβήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 979)]; later, also κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων, to cease from.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 35, “Nec.” 1.)]
5 less frequently of things, πρὶν.. καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸς οὖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.19)]; of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 111 (eleg.))]; of streams, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118d)]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582b24)]; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἱστ; at what price did [the robe] come down from the loom? [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.35)]; of the heavenly bodies, set, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 31.3.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 attain, πόμπιμον κατέβαινε νόστου τέλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.25; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 511b)]: absolutely, attain one's end, ἐν φάει κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.38)]; simply, come to, arrive at in course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he ended with prayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116: usually with)]participle, κατέβαινε αὖτις παραιτεόμενος[Refs ([prev. work] 90, compare 118, 9.94)]; καταβάς, of a writer, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.454B.)]
II.2 κ. εἰς.. conform to, εἰς τοὺς Χρόνους κ. τούτους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335a11.)]
II.3 condescend, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 1.2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
II.4 fall in value, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 1223.33 (4th c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.51.)]
II.5 λέγεται μηδὲν αὐτοῖς τούτων καταβαίνειν, of abusive language, does not affect them or get home, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.242.)]
Doric dialect κᾰβαίνω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 38)]: future -βήσομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 750, etc.:)]perfect -βέβηκ; Boeotian dialect participle καταβεβάων [Refs (“IG” 7.3055)]: aorist κατέβην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.541, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.43, etc.)]; poetry 3rd.pers. plural κατέβαν [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.329, κατέβησαν LXX.2Ki.23.13; _imperative_ κατάβηθι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 873)], Laconian dialect κάβασι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, κατάβᾱ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 979, “Ra.” 35)]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural subjunctive καταβήομεν (variant{-βείομεν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.97)]; late 3rd.pers. singular optative κατάβοι [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.2Ki.1.21 (codex B), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Conon Historicus 45.2J.)]; poetry participle καββάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.51)]; Epic dialect infinitive καταβήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.19)]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist 1 κατεβήσετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.288, 13.17, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.337, +others (with variant{κατεβήσατο}))]; imperative καταβήσεο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.109)]:—go or come down from.., with genitive, πόλιος κ. [Refs (24.329)]; οὐρανόθεν κ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 11.184; Παρνασοῦ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.43, etc.)]: also with Preps., ἐξ ὄρεος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.17; ἐς πεδίον 3.252, etc.: also with _accusative_ loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.337)]; κ. Ἀΐδαν, Ἀΐδα δόμον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 822 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 913 (Lyric poetry); but κατέβην δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.252)] (later absolutely, die, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 38.16))]; ἔσω κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 750: also with _accusative_ in quite different senses, κατέβαιν᾽ ὑπερώϊα)] she came down from the upper floor, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.206, 23.85)]; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο came down the ladder,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.330 (κ. κατὰ τῆς κλίμακος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.9))]; ξεστὸν ἐφόλκαιον καταβάς having got down by the lading-plank, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.350: _absolutely_, καταβαίνειν δ᾽ οὐ σχολή)] come downstairs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 409)]; especially
1 dismount from a chariot or from horseback, δίφρου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.109; ἐκ τῆς ἁρμαμάξης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76; ἀφ᾽ ἁρμάτων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.51; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.6)]; but κ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων give up riding, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.24, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.1:)] —hence in passive, ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse is dismounted from, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.7.)]
2 go down from the inland parts to the sea, especially from central Asia [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἀναβαίνω 11.3), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, etc.)]; also from Athens, κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, ἐς λιμένα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 327a, “Tht.” 142a.)]
3 go down into the scene of contest, γυμνὸν ἐπὶ στάδιον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.49)]; κ. ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο (i.e. τὸ ἀεθλεύειν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.22)]: absolutely, = Latin in certamen descendere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.42, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 504 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.27)]; compare καταβατέο; μέτρῳ καταβαίνειν 'seek no more contests' (μέτρῳ by litotes for μή), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.78)]; μεθ᾽ ὅπλων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834c.)]
4 of an orator, come down from the tribune, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.92, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.23, etc.; rarely in full, κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος [prev. work]113; so κατάβα.--καταβήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 979)]; later, also κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων, to cease from.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 35, “Nec.” 1.)]
5 less frequently of things, πρὶν.. καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸς οὖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.19)]; of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 111 (eleg.))]; of streams, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118d)]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582b24)]; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἱστ; at what price did [the robe] come down from the loom? [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.35)]; of the heavenly bodies, set, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 31.3.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 attain, πόμπιμον κατέβαινε νόστου τέλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.25; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 511b)]: absolutely, attain one's end, ἐν φάει κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.38)]; simply, come to, arrive at in course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he ended with prayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116: usually with)]participle, κατέβαινε αὖτις παραιτεόμενος[Refs ([prev. work] 90, compare 118, 9.94)]; καταβάς, of a writer, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.454B.)]
II.2 κ. εἰς.. conform to, εἰς τοὺς Χρόνους κ. τούτους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335a11.)]
II.3 condescend, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 1.2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
II.4 fall in value, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 1223.33 (4th c.AD),compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.51.)]
II.5 λέγεται μηδὲν αὐτοῖς τούτων καταβαίνειν, of abusive language, does not affect them or get home, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.242.)]