καταβαίνω
Infl. fut. -βήσομαι
Infl. perf. -βέβηκα
Infl. aor2 κατέβην
Infl. poet. 3rd pl. κατέβαν
Infl. imperat. κατάβηθι
Infl. or κατάβα
Infl. epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν
Etym. epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν for -βῶμεν
Infl. Mid., epic 3rd sg. aor1 κατεβήσετο
Infl. imperat. καταβήσεο
I. "to step down, go or come down", Lat. descendere, ἐξ ὄρεος from the mountain, Il.; κ. πόλιος "to go down from" the city, id=Il.; κ. δίφρου "to dismount" from the chariot, id=Il.; c. acc. loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο she "came down" to her chamber, Od.:—but also c. acc., κατέβαιν᾽ ὑπερώϊα "she came down from" the upper floor, id=Od.; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο "came down" the ladder, id=Od.; absol. "to come down stairs", Ar.; hence in Pass., ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse "is dismounted from", Xen.
2. "to go down from the inland parts to the sea", esp. from central Asia (cf. ἀναβαίνω II. 3), Hdt.; κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, Plat.
3. "to come to land, get safe ashore", Pind.
4. "to go down into the arena", κ. ἐπ᾽ ἄεθλα Hdt.; and absol., like Lat. in certamen descendere, Soph., Xen.
5. of an orator, "to come down from the tribune", κατάβα: —answer, καταβήσομαι Ar.
6. πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἵστω; at what price did [the robe] "come down from the loom?" Theocr.
II. metaph., καταβαίνειν εἴς τι "to come to" a thing "in the course of speaking", κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς "he ended" with prayer, Hdt.; c. part., κατέβαινεν παραιτεόμενος "ended" in "begging", id=Hdt.; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν Plat.
B. trans. "to bring down", Pind.