# ἀναβαίνω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ἀμβαίνω (ambaínō) — Epic

### Etymology

From ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.na.bǎi̯.nɔː/ → /a.naˈβɛ.no/ → /a.naˈve.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /a.na.bǎi̯.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /a.naˈbɛ.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /a.naˈβɛ.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /a.naˈve.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /a.naˈve.no/

### Verb

ᾰ̓νᾰβαίνω • (ănăbaínō)
* (transitive, intransitive) to go up, mount
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.497:ἠερίη δ’ ἀνέβη μέγαν οὐρανὸν Οὔλυμπόν τεēeríē d’ anébē mégan ouranòn Oúlumpón teAnd at early morning she went up to great heaven and Olympus.
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.29:ἐκ γάρ τοι τούτων φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει ἐσθλήek gár toi toútōn phátis anthrṓpous anabaínei esthlḗIt is from things like these that good report goeth up among men.
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.493:νεκροῖς ἀμβαίνοντεςnekroîs ambaínontesas they trod over dead men
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.131.2:οἳ δὲ νομίζουσι Διὶ μὲν ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλότατα τῶν ὀρέων ἀναβαίνοντες θυσίας ἔρδεινhoì dè nomízousi Diì mèn epì tà hupsēlótata tôn oréōn anabaínontes thusías érdeinthey customarily go up onto the highest parts of the mountains to make sacrifices
** (transitive, intransitive) to board a ship, embark
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.210:πρίν γε τὸν ἐς Τροίην ἀναβήμεναιprín ge tòn es Troíēn anabḗmenaibefore he embarked for the land of Troy
** (intransitive) to mount
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.1.7:ἀναβὰς ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον ἤλασε καὶ πρὸς Κυαξάρην ἐλθὼνanabàs epì tòn híppon ḗlase kaì pròs Kuaxárēn elthṑnhe mounted his horse and rode away to Cyaxares
** (of rivers, intransitive) to rise
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.13.1:εἰ μὴ ἐπ’ ἑκκαίδεκα […] πήχεας ἀναβῇ τὸ ἐλάχιστον ὁ ποταμόςei mḕ ep’ hekkaídeka […] pḗkheas anabêi tò elákhiston ho potamósif the river does not rise at least twenty six […] feet
** (intransitive) to shoot up (rise rapidly)
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 19.18:αὐτίκα ἄμπελος ἀναβαίνουσα μὲν ἐπὶ τὰ δένδραautíka ámpelos anabaínousa mèn epì tà déndraFor instance, the vine climbs the trees
** (Attic, intransitive, often with ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα (epì tò bêma)) to mount the tribune, i.e. rise to speak
*** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 66:ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ χρόνου μέχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ἀφ’ ἧς αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμ’ ἀνέβηνek pantòs toû khrónou mékhri tês hēméras aph’ hês autòs epì tò bêm’ anébēnfrom the dawn of history to the day when I first ascended the tribune
** (of animals, transitive, intransitive) to mount (i.e. to mate)
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.192.3
*** 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 329
*** 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.651
** (of age)
*** 50 CE – 150 CE, Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon 1.7
** (intransitive) to ascend to higher knowledge
*** 490 CE – 560 CE, Simplicius, On Aristotle's Physics 15.34
*** 490 CE – 560 CE, Simplicius, On Aristotle's Physics 9.30
*** 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 2.5
** (transitive) to surpass
*** 490 CE – 600 CE, John the Lydian, De Ostentis 22
* (of events) to turn out
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.10.2:καὶ ἢν μὲν τῇ σὺ λέγεις ἀναβαίνῃ βασιλέι τὰ πρήγματαkaì ḕn mèn têi sù légeis anabaínēi basiléi tà prḗgmataIf the king's fortunes fare as you say
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Constitution of the Athenians 2.17:καὶ ἂν μέν τι κακὸν ἀναβαίνῃ ἀπὸ ὧν ὁ δῆμος ἐβούλευσενkaì àn mén ti kakòn anabaínēi apò hôn ho dêmos eboúleusenAnd if anything bad results from the people's plans
** (intransitive, with καρδία (kardía)) to enter into one's heart
*** 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 24:38:καὶ διὰ τί διαλογισμοὶ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν;kaì dià tí dialogismoì anabaínousin en têi kardíāi humôn?"Why do doubts arise in your hearts?"
** (intransitive) to come to, pass to
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.205.1:οὕτω δὴ ἐς Λεωνίδην ἀνέβαινε ἡ βασιληίηhoútō dḕ es Leōnídēn anébaine hē basilēíēThe kingship therefore passed to Leonidas
* (intransitive) to go back
** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Democritus, Collected Works 144a
** 161 CE – 180 CE, Hermogenes, On Invention 2.2

#### Antonyms

* καταβαίνω (katabaínō)

#### Derived terms

* δῠσᾰνᾰ́βᾰτος (dŭsănắbătos)
* εἰσᾰνᾰβαίνω (eisănăbaínō)
* ἐξᾰνᾰβαίνω (exănăbaínō)
* ἐπᾰνᾰβαίνω (epănăbaínō)
* ῐ̔ππᾰνᾰβᾰ́της (hĭppănăbắtēs)
* νεκῠάμβᾰτος (nekŭámbătos)
* ὀπῐσαμβώ (opĭsambṓ)
* πᾰρᾰνᾰβαίνω (părănăbaínō)
* προᾰνᾰβαίνω (proănăbaínō)
* προσᾰνᾰβαίνω (prosănăbaínō)
* σῠνᾰνᾰβαίνω (sŭnănăbaínō)
* ῠ̔περᾰνᾰβαίνω (hŭperănăbaínō)

#### Related terms

* ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰ́δην (ănăbắdēn)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰδόν (ănăbădón)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰήρῐον (ănăbăḗrĭon)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβαθμῐ́ς (ănăbathmĭ́s)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβαθμός (ănăbathmós)
* ᾰ̓νᾰ́βαθρον (ănắbathron)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβάσῐον (ănăbásĭon)
* ἀνάβασις (anábasis)
* ᾰ̓νᾰ́βᾰσῐς (ănắbăsĭs)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβασμός (ănăbasmós)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτέον (ănăbătéon)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβάτης (ănăbátēs)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτῐκός (ănăbătĭkós)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós)
* ᾰ̓νᾰβῐβάζω (ănăbĭbázō)

#### Descendants

* Translingual: Anabaena, Anabas
* Greek: Medieval Byzantine Greek: ἀνεβαίνω (anebaínō) and Modern. Monotonic script: ανεβαίνω

### Further reading

* “ἀναβαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἀναβαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ἀναβαίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ἀναβαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* ἀναβαίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* ἀναβαίνω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* “ἀναβαίνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G305 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible