Definitions for katabasis
katabasis
ka·tab·a·sis
Spelling: [kuh-tab-uh-sis]
IPA: /kəˈtæb ə sɪs/
Katabasis is a 9 letter English word.
You can make 189 anagrams from letters in katabasis (aaabiksst).
Definitions for katabasis
noun
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a march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa.
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a retreat, especially a military retreat.
Origin of katabasis
1830-40; Greek katábasis a going down, descent, equivalent to kataba- (stem of katabaínein to go down) + -sis -sis. See kata-,