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Ἄμβασις · way-up (α 1517) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α1517

α1513Amachios, Amachius
α1514impossible, unconquerable
α1515unbattled
α1516Ambakoum, Habbakuk
α1517way-up
α1518riders
α1519Ambenai, Ambenae
α1520afresh, suddenly
α1521I gush forth, I spout up

Suda/Α alpha/α1517

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Ἄμβασις

way-up

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Mar 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology
poetry
tragedy

2 notes · 14 words

Translation

[a)/mbasis means the same as] a)na/basis ["way-up"].¹
"And there was no sort of way-up."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄμβασις· ἀνάβασις. καὶ ἄμβασις οὔ νύ τις ἦεν.

Betacode

*)/ambasis: a)na/basis. kai\ a)/mbasis ou)/ nu/ tis h)=en.

Notes (2)

cf. generally alpha 1518.

1Hesychius has this same equivalence in the accusative case. For a)na/basis see alpha 1801. ↩

2Callimachus, Hecale fr. 309; more fully at alpha 3508. The poetic headword occurs also in (e.g.) Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1070.

Linked from2 entries

α1518Ἀμβάταςriders[sc. The same as] anabatai. "When the horses died it did not distress their riders; for they ate them." And elsewhere: "some even shook off their riders because they were terrified."
α3508Ἀπορρῶγαςprecipices[Meaning] cleaved-off promontories. "When he found any precipices affording passage, Diocletian closed them off too." Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular] a)porrw/c, [meaning] a fragment of a mountain. And a…

Neighbouring entries

α1515Ἄμαχοςunbattled α1516ἈμβακούμAmbakoum, Habbakuk α1517Ἄμβασιςway-up α1518Ἀμβάταςriders α1519ἌμβεναιAmbenai, Ambenae

Revision history7 revisions · last 16 Jun 2015

16 Jun 2015 — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2012typo — Catharine Roth
13 Feb 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Mar 2001modified translation; added note and keyword — David Whitehead
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22 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄμβασις (Adler number alpha 1517), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 22 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1517

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗