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From the Ancient Greek ἀνάβασις (anábasis, “a going up, an ascent”), from ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō,
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Create a book “to go”).
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Visibility (UK) IPA(key): /əˈnæbəsɪs/

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Čeština
anabasis (plural anabases)
Français 1. (historical) a military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia. [quotations ▼]
한국어
2. (obsolete) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
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Polski Antonyms [ edit ]
Srpskohrvatski /
српскохрватски catabasis, katabasis
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Translations [ edit ]
3 more ± military march up-country [show ▼]

If you have time, leave us a Further reading [ edit ]

note.
anabasis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
anabasis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From the Ancient Greek ἀνάβασις (anábasis).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

(Classical) IPA(key): /aˈna.ba.sis/, [äˈnäbäs̠ɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈna.ba.sis/, [ɑˈnɑːbɑs̬is]

Noun [ edit ]

anabasis f (genitive anabasis); third declension

1. a plant: horse-tail [quotations ▼]

Declension [ edit ]

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural

Nominative anabasis anabasēs
Genitive anabasis anabasium
Dative anabasī anabasibus
anabasēs
Accusative anabasem
anabasīs
Ablative anabase anabasibus
Vocative anabasis anabasēs

References [ edit ]

ănăbăsĭs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ănăbăsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 121/2
anabasis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“anabasis” on page 125/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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