ἀναβαίνω,
imperfect ἀνέβαινον:
future -βήσομαι: (for
aorist 1 see infr. B):
aorist 2 ἀνέβην,
imperative ἀνάβηθι, -βῶ, -βῆναι, -βάς:
perfect -βέβηκα:—
middle,
aorist 1 -εβησάμην,
Epic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εβήσετο, see infr. B:—
passive, see below 11.2:—
go up, mount, with
accusative loci, οὐρανόν, ὑπερώϊα ἀ.
go up to heaven,
to the upper rooms, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει
goes up among, [
Refs]; more frequently with
preposition, ἀ. εἰς ἐλάτην, ἐς δίφρον, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with ἀνά repeated, ἀν᾽ ὀρσοθύρην ἀ.[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
to trample on the dead, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II) Special usages:
II.1)
mount a ship,
go on board, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly
absolutely; ἐς Τροίην ἀ.
embark for Troy, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] I
will mount a prow, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
mount on horse-back (compare ἀναβάτης), ἀ. ἐφ᾽ ἵππον[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
mounted; ἀναβάντες (
absolutely) ἐφ᾽ ἵππων ἐλάσαι[
Refs]; ἀ. ἐπὶ τροχόν
mount on the wheel of torture, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2.b) with
accusative, ἀ. ἵππον
mount a horse, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, [ἵππος] ὁ μήπω ἀναβαινόμενος that
has not yet
been mounted, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναβαθείς
when mounted,[
Refs]
II.3) of land-journeys,
go up from the coast into Central Asia, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3.b)
go up to a temple, [
NT]; to a town, [
NT+3rd c.AD+]; in curses, ἀ. παρὰ Δάματρα πεπρημένος[
Refs]
II.3.c)
ascend to heaven, [
Refs]
II.4) of rivers in flood,
rise, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας
overflow the fields, [
Refs]
II.5) of plants,
shoot up, ἐπὶ δένδρα[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
climb on sticks, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; generally,
shoot, spring up, [
NT]; of hair, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6) in
Attic dialect, ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα, or ἀ. alone,
mount the tribune, rise to speak, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἰς τὸ πλῆθος, εἰς or ἐπὶ τὸ δικαστήριον
come before the people,
before the court, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὀκρίβαντα
mount the stage, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of witnesses in court, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.7) of the male,
mount, cover, ἀ. τὰς θηλέας[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
II.8) of age, δύο ἀναβεβηκὼς ἔτη τῆς ἡλικίας τῆς ἐμῆς two years
older, Ach. Tat.1.7.
II.9)
ascend to higher knowledge, ἡ ἀναβεβηκυῖα ἐπιστήμη[
Refs 6th c.AD+]
generalities, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.10) with
accusative,
surpass, κάλλει τὴν πᾶσαν διακόσμησιν[
Refs 6th c.AD+]
III) of things and events,
come to an end, turn out, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
result from, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.b) ἀ. ἐπὶ καρδίαν
enter into one's heart, of thoughts, [
LXX+NT]
III.2)
come to, pass over to, ἐς Αεωνίδην ἀνέβαινεν ἡ βασιληΐη[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
return to the beginning, of discourse, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+];
go back, ἀναβήσεται ἐπὶ τὰς κτίσεις τῶν προγόνων[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
B)
aorist ἀνέβησα in causal sense,
make to go up, especially
put on shipboard, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in
aorist middle, νὼ ἀναβησάμενοι
having taken us
on board with them, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
he mounted men on camels, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]