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Pronunciation

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	* Katakana: カタバシス (katabashisu)		* Katakana: カタバシス (katabashisu)
	* Hangul: 커태버시스 (keo-tae-beo-si-seu)		* Hangul: 커태버시스 (keo-tae-beo-si-seu)
	* Zhuyin: ~~ㄎㄚˋ ㄊㄚˊ ㄅㄚˋ ㄙㄧˋ~~ ㄙ (approximate phonetic rendering)		* Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄊㄚㄅㄚㄙㄧㄙ (approximate phonetic rendering)
	* Cyrillic: катабасис (katabasis)		* Cyrillic: катабасис (katabasis)

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Pronunciation

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	===Pronunciation===		===Pronunciation===
	* /kəˈtæbəsɪs/
	* kuh-TAB-uh-sis (approximate)

	----		* IPA: /kəˈtæbəsɪs/
			* Approximate: kuh-TAB-uh-sis

			====Transliterations====
			* Katakana: カタバシス (katabashisu)
			* Hangul: 커태버시스 (keo-tae-beo-si-seu)
			* Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˋ ㄊㄚˊ ㄅㄚˋ ㄙㄧˋ ㄙ (approximate phonetic rendering)
			* Cyrillic: катабасис (katabasis)

	===Noun===		===Noun===

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Walkthrough Video

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	==Walkthrough Video==		==Walkthrough Video==
	{{#ev:youtube\|96pNYqWiHfU\|640\|center~~\|K: Katabasis \| Language: English \| Part of Speech: Noun \| Starring: MorMurdoch \| OS: Arch Linux~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|96pNYqWiHfU\|640\|center}}

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 # A journey from the interior of a country to the coast.
 # (Rare) The presence of downward (drainage or katabatic) winds.
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	==English==		==English==
	~~{{wp}}~~

	===Alternative ~~forms~~===		'''Original Entry:'''
	* ~~{{alt\|en\|~~catabasis}}		[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katabasis View on Wiktionary]

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			===Alternative Forms===
			* catabasis

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	From ~~{{uder\|en\|grc\|~~κατάβασις}}, from ~~{{m\|grc\|~~καταβαίνω}} (“to go down”), from ~~{{m\|grc\|~~κατά}} (“down”) + ~~{{m\|grc\|~~βαίνω}} (“to go”).		From Ancient Greek ''κατάβασις'' (katábasis), from ''καταβαίνω'' (“to go down”), from ''κατά'' (“down”) + ''βαίνω'' (“to go”).

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	===Pronunciation===		===Pronunciation===
	* ~~{{enPR\|kə-tă'bə-sĭs}}, {{IPA\|en\|~~/kəˈtæbəsɪs/}}		* /kəˈtæbəsɪs/
	* ~~{{audio\|en\|LL~~-~~Q1860~~ (~~eng~~)-~~Vealhurl~~-~~katabasis.wav\|a=Southern England}}~~		* kuh-TAB-uh-sis (approximate)
	* {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860 (eng)-~~Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)~~-~~katabasis.wav\|a=GA}}~~
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	===Noun===		===Noun===
	~~{{en-noun\|~\|katabases}}~~

	# ~~{{lb\|en\|mythology\|literature}}~~ A ~~[[mytheme]]~~ or [[trope]] in which a [[hero]] descends into the [[underworld]].		'''katabasis''' (plural: ''katabases'')
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=1923\|author=Georges Berguer\|translator=E. S. Brooks; Van Wyck Brooks\|title=Some aspects of the life of Jesus from the psychological and psycho-analytic point of view\|page=58\|text=The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, '''catabases''', with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or the passage of mysterious rivers on foot or ~~on horseback~~.}}
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2009\|author=James Ker\|title=The Deaths of Seneca\|page=136\|text=The logic of the underworld is most on show in the ''Phaedra'' and the ''Hercules'' [~~of Seneca~~]~~, which feature the returns of Theseus and Hercules from their '''katabases'''.}}~~		# (Mythology, Literature) A narrative motif or trope in which a hero descends into the underworld.
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2010\|author=P. Martin; Anne Rowe\|title=Iris Murdoch: A ~~Literary Life\|page=84\|text=Willy,~~ the concentration camp survivor who has experienced more evil than any other character, places no value on '''catabasis'''. When asked (in connection with ''Aeneid'' VI) “Do you think everyone ought to descend to the ~~underworld?”, he replies briskly, “Certainly not! It's very dark and stuffy and one is more likely to feel frightened than to learn anything~~.~~”}}~~		# (By extension, jocular) Any journey downward or fall.
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2013\|author=Russell J.A. Kilbourn\|title=Cinema, Memory, Modernity: The ~~Representation~~ of Memory from the Art Film to Transnational Cinema\|chapter=Introduction\|page=31\|text=Therefore, Erling Holtsmark's point that literary-mythic '''katabasis''' captures “the imagined physical orientation of the other world relative to this one” (25)~~, is superseded in a post~~-~~mythic, ostensibly secular worldview by a journey that takes place within an underworld that is an exteriorized projection of a protagonist's interior world.}}~~		# A retreat, especially a military one. (Antonym: [[anabasis]])
			# A journey from the interior of a country to the coast.
			# (Rare) The presence of downward (drainage or katabatic) winds.

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	~~# {{lb\|en\|by extension\|jocular}} Any [[journey]] [[downwards]] or [[fall]].~~		===Selected Quotations===
	~~#* {{quote-journal\|en\|year~~=~~1842\|month~~=~~February\|journal~~=~~Yale Literary Magazine\|volume~~=~~7\|issue~~=~~4\|title~~=The Man in the Moon\|page=205\|text=''How'' did the man in the moon come down? The distance between the earth and moon is by no means inconsiderable, and other obstacles “too tedious to mention,” lie in the way of this famous '''catabasis'''.}}

	~~# A [[retreat]]~~, ~~especially a [[military]] one~~.		''1923 — Georges Berguer''
	~~#: {{ant\|en\|anabasis}}~~		"The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, catabases, with obstacles..."

	~~# A journey from~~ the [~~[interior]~~] of ~~a country to the coast~~.		''2009 — James Ker''
			"The logic of the underworld is most on show in the Phaedra and the Hercules [of Seneca], which feature the returns of Theseus and Hercules from their katabases."

	~~# {{lb\|en\|rare}} The presence~~ of ~~[[downward]] ([[drainage]] or [[katabatic]]) winds~~.		''1842 — Yale Literary Magazine''
			"How did the man in the moon come down?... other obstacles lie in the way of this famous catabasis..."

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	==In Media==		==In Media==
	* ~~{{w\|Odyssey\|~~''The Odyssey''}}, Book 11 — Odysseus’s descent into the underworld (a classic katabasis).		* ''The Odyssey'', Book 11 — Odysseus’s descent into the underworld (a classic katabasis).
	* Audiobook: [https://librivox.org/the-odyssey-version-3-by-homer/ The Odyssey (LibriVox)]		* Audiobook: [https://librivox.org/the-odyssey-version-3-by-homer/ The Odyssey (LibriVox)]
	* Original dictionary entry: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katabasis Wiktionary: katabasis]

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			[[Category:English nouns]]
			[[Category:Mythology]]
			[[Category:Literary terms]]
			[[Category:Military terms]]

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	~~==Antonyms==~~
	* [[anabasis]]

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	~~==Translations==~~
	~~{{trans-top\|all senses}}~~
	* French: {{t+\|fr\|catabase\|f}}
	* Italian: {{t\|it\|catabasi\|f}}
	* Latin: {{t\|la\|catabasis\|f}}
	* Occitan: {{t\|oc\|catabasi\|f}}
	* Polish: {{t+\|pl\|katabasis\|f}}, {{t+\|pl\|katabaza\|f}}
	* Sicilian: {{t\|scn\|catàbbasi\|f}}
	* Spanish: {{t\|es\|catábasis\|f}}
	~~{{trans-bottom}}~~

	~~[[Category:English nouns]]~~
	~~[[Category:Mythology]]~~
	~~[[Category:Military terms]]~~

	~~==Polish==~~
	~~{{wp\|pl:katabasis}}~~

	~~===Etymology===~~
	~~{{bor\|pl\|grc\|κατάβασις}}~~

	~~===Pronunciation===~~
	~~{{pl-pr\|katabasis}}~~

	~~===Noun===~~
	~~{{pl-noun\|f\|indecl=yes}}~~

	~~# {{lb\|pl\|literature\|mythology}} {{l\|en\|katabasis}} {{gl\|a trope in which a hero descends into the underworld}}~~
	~~#: {{syn\|pl\|katabaza}}~~

	~~====Related terms====~~
	~~{{col\|pl\|title=adjective\|katabatyczny}}~~

	~~===Further reading===~~
	* {{R:pl:PWN}}

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	From {{uder\|en\|grc\|κατάβασις}}, from ~~verb~~ {{m\|grc\|καταβαίνω~~\|pos=~~from {{af\|grc\|κατά\|~~t1=downwards~~\|βαίνω~~\|t2=go\|nocat=1}}~~}}.		From {{uder\|en\|grc\|κατάβασις}}, from {{m\|grc\|καταβαίνω}} (“to go down”), from {{m\|grc\|κατά}} (“down”) + {{m\|grc\|βαίνω}} (“to go”).

	===Pronunciation===		===Pronunciation===
	* {{enPR\|~~kətă~~'~~bəsis~~}}, {{IPA\|en\|/kəˈtæbəsɪs/}}		* {{enPR\|kə-tă'bə-sĭs}}, {{IPA\|en\|/kəˈtæbəsɪs/}}
	* {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-katabasis.wav\|a=Southern England}}		* {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-katabasis.wav\|a=Southern England}}
	* {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-katabasis.wav\|a=GA}}		* {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-katabasis.wav\|a=GA}}
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	{{en-noun\|~\|katabases}}		{{en-noun\|~\|katabases}}

	# {{lb\|en\|mythology\|literature}} A [[mytheme]] or [[trope]] in which ~~the~~ [[hero]] ~~embarks on a journey to~~ the [[underworld]].		# {{lb\|en\|mythology\|literature}} A [[mytheme]] or [[trope]] in which a [[hero]] descends into the [[underworld]].
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=1923\|author=Georges Berguer\|translator=E. S. Brooks; Van Wyck Brooks\|title=Some aspects of the life of Jesus from the psychological and psycho-analytic point of view\|page=58\|text=The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, '''catabases''', with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or the passage of mysterious rivers on foot or on horseback.}}		#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=1923\|author=Georges Berguer\|translator=E. S. Brooks; Van Wyck Brooks\|title=Some aspects of the life of Jesus from the psychological and psycho-analytic point of view\|page=58\|text=The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, '''catabases''', with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or the passage of mysterious rivers on foot or on horseback.}}
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2009\|author=James Ker\|title=The Deaths of Seneca\|page=136\|text=The logic of the underworld is most on show in the ''Phaedra'' and the ''Hercules'' [of Seneca], which feature the returns of Theseus and Hercules from their '''katabases'''.}}		#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2009\|author=James Ker\|title=The Deaths of Seneca\|page=136\|text=The logic of the underworld is most on show in the ''Phaedra'' and the ''Hercules'' [of Seneca], which feature the returns of Theseus and Hercules from their '''katabases'''.}}
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2010\|author=P. Martin; Anne Rowe\|title=Iris Murdoch: A Literary Life\|page=84\|text=Willy, the concentration camp survivor who has experienced more evil than any other character, places no value on '''catabasis'''. When asked (in connection with ''Aeneid'' VI) ~~'Do~~ you think everyone ought to descend to the underworld?', he replies briskly, ~~'Certainly~~ not! It's very dark and stuffy and one is more likely to feel frightened than to learn anything.~~{{...}}'~~}}		#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2010\|author=P. Martin; Anne Rowe\|title=Iris Murdoch: A Literary Life\|page=84\|text=Willy, the concentration camp survivor who has experienced more evil than any other character, places no value on '''catabasis'''. When asked (in connection with ''Aeneid'' VI) “Do you think everyone ought to descend to the underworld?”, he replies briskly, “Certainly not! It's very dark and stuffy and one is more likely to feel frightened than to learn anything.”}}
	#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2013\|author=Russell J.A. Kilbourn\|title=Cinema, Memory, Modernity:The Representation of Memory from the Art Film to Transnational Cinema\|chapter=Introduction\|page=31\|text=Therefore, Erling Holtsmark's point that literary-mythic '''katabasis''' captures “the imagined physical orientation of the other world relative to this one” (25), is superseded in a post-mythic, ostensibly secular worldview by a journey that takes place within an underworld that is an exteriorized 'projection' of a protagonist's ~~putative~~ interior world~~, the domain especially of the unconscious, memory and dream~~.}}		#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2013\|author=Russell J.A. Kilbourn\|title=Cinema, Memory, Modernity: The Representation of Memory from the Art Film to Transnational Cinema\|chapter=Introduction\|page=31\|text=Therefore, Erling Holtsmark's point that literary-mythic '''katabasis''' captures “the imagined physical orientation of the other world relative to this one” (25), is superseded in a post-mythic, ostensibly secular worldview by a journey that takes place within an underworld that is an exteriorized projection of a protagonist's interior world.}}

	# {{lb\|en\|by extension\|jocular}} Any [[journey]] [[downwards]] or [[fall]].		# {{lb\|en\|by extension\|jocular}} Any [[journey]] [[downwards]] or [[fall]].
	#* {{quote-journal\|en\|year=1842\|month=February\|journal=Yale Literary Magazine\|volume=7\|issue=4\|title=The Man in the Moon\|page=205\|text=''How'' did the man in the moon come down? The distance between the earth and moon is by no means inconsiderable, and other obstacles “too tedious to mention,” lie in the way of this famous '''~~Catabasis~~'''~~, which his lunar majesty is declared to have performed~~.}}		#* {{quote-journal\|en\|year=1842\|month=February\|journal=Yale Literary Magazine\|volume=7\|issue=4\|title=The Man in the Moon\|page=205\|text=''How'' did the man in the moon come down? The distance between the earth and moon is by no means inconsiderable, and other obstacles “too tedious to mention,” lie in the way of this famous '''catabasis'''.}}

	# A [[retreat]], especially a [[military]] one.		# A [[retreat]], especially a [[military]] one.
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	# {{lb\|en\|rare}} The presence of [[downward]] ([[drainage]] or [[katabatic]]) winds.		# {{lb\|en\|rare}} The presence of [[downward]] ([[drainage]] or [[katabatic]]) winds.

	~~'''Walkthrough Video:'''~~		----

	====Walkthrough Video====		==Walkthrough Video==
	{{#ev:youtube\|96pNYqWiHfU\|640\|center\|K: Katabasis \| Language: English \| Part of Speech: Noun \| Starring: MorMurdoch \| OS: Arch Linux}}		{{#ev:youtube\|96pNYqWiHfU\|640\|center\|K: Katabasis \| Language: English \| Part of Speech: Noun \| Starring: MorMurdoch \| OS: Arch Linux}}

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	====In ~~media==~~==		==In Media==
	* {{w\|Odyssey\|''The Odyssey''}}, Book 11 — Odysseus’s descent into the underworld (a classic katabasis).		* {{w\|Odyssey\|''The Odyssey''}}, Book 11 — Odysseus’s descent into the underworld (a classic katabasis).
	* Audiobook: [https://librivox.org/the-odyssey-version-3-by-homer/ The Odyssey (LibriVox)]		* Audiobook: [https://librivox.org/the-odyssey-version-3-by-homer/ The Odyssey (LibriVox)]
	* Original dictionary entry: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katabasis Wiktionary: katabasis]		* Original dictionary entry: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katabasis Wiktionary: katabasis]

	====Antonyms====		----

			==Antonyms==
	* [[anabasis]]		* [[anabasis]]

	====Translations====		----

			==Translations==
	{{trans-top\|all senses}}		{{trans-top\|all senses}}
	* French: {{t+\|fr\|catabase\|f}}		* French: {{t+\|fr\|catabase\|f}}
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	~~{{C\|en\|~~Mythology\|Military}}		[[Category:English nouns]]
			[[Category:Mythology]]
			[[Category:Military terms]]

	==Polish==		==Polish==
	{{wp\|pl:}}		{{wp\|pl:katabasis}}

	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	{{~~ubor~~\|pl\|grc\|κατάβασις}}.		{{bor\|pl\|grc\|κατάβασις}}

	===Pronunciation===		===Pronunciation===
	{{pl-pr\|~~katabas-is~~}}		{{pl-pr\|katabasis}}

	===Noun===		===Noun===
	{{pl-noun\|f\|indecl=yes}}		{{pl-noun\|f\|indecl=yes}}

	# {{lb\|pl\|literature\|mythology}} {{l\|en\|katabasis}} {{gl\|~~mytheme or~~ trope in which ~~the~~ hero ~~embarks on a journey to~~ the underworld}}		# {{lb\|pl\|literature\|mythology}} {{l\|en\|katabasis}} {{gl\|a trope in which a hero descends into the underworld}}
	#: {{syn\|pl\|katabaza}}		#: {{syn\|pl\|katabaza}}

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	# {{lb\|en\|rare}} The presence of [[downward]] ([[drainage]] or [[katabatic]]) winds.		# {{lb\|en\|rare}} The presence of [[downward]] ([[drainage]] or [[katabatic]]) winds.

			'''Walkthrough Video:'''

			====Walkthrough Video====
			{{#ev:youtube\|96pNYqWiHfU\|640\|center\|K: Katabasis \| Language: English \| Part of Speech: Noun \| Starring: MorMurdoch \| OS: Arch Linux}}


	====In media====		====In media====

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OG attempt at katabasis walkthrough thingo

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==English==
{{wp}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|catabasis}}

===Etymology===
From {{uder|en|grc|κατάβασις}}, from verb {{m|grc|καταβαίνω|pos=from {{af|grc|κατά|t1=downwards|βαίνω|t2=go|nocat=1}}}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|kətă'bəsis}}, {{IPA|en|/kəˈtæbəsɪs/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-katabasis.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-katabasis.wav|a=GA}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~|katabases}}

# {{lb|en|mythology|literature}} A [[mytheme]] or [[trope]] in which the [[hero]] embarks on a journey to the [[underworld]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1923|author=Georges Berguer|translator=E. S. Brooks; Van Wyck Brooks|title=Some aspects of the life of Jesus from the psychological and psycho-analytic point of view|page=58|text=The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, '''catabases''', with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or the passage of mysterious rivers on foot or on horseback.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=James Ker|title=The Deaths of Seneca|page=136|text=The logic of the underworld is most on show in the ''Phaedra'' and the ''Hercules'' [of Seneca], which feature the returns of Theseus and Hercules from their '''katabases'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=P. Martin; Anne Rowe|title=Iris Murdoch: A Literary Life|page=84|text=Willy, the concentration camp survivor who has experienced more evil than any other character, places no value on '''catabasis'''. When asked (in connection with ''Aeneid'' VI) 'Do you think everyone ought to descend to the underworld?', he replies briskly, 'Certainly not! It's very dark and stuffy and one is more likely to feel frightened than to learn anything.{{...}}'}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Russell J.A. Kilbourn|title=Cinema, Memory, Modernity:The Representation of Memory from the Art Film to Transnational Cinema|chapter=Introduction|page=31|text=Therefore, Erling Holtsmark's point that literary-mythic '''katabasis''' captures “the imagined physical orientation of the other world relative to this one” (25), is superseded in a post-mythic, ostensibly secular worldview by a journey that takes place within an underworld that is an exteriorized 'projection' of a protagonist's putative interior world, the domain especially of the unconscious, memory and dream.}}

# {{lb|en|by extension|jocular}} Any [[journey]] [[downwards]] or [[fall]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1842|month=February|journal=Yale Literary Magazine|volume=7|issue=4|title=The Man in the Moon|page=205|text=''How'' did the man in the moon come down? The distance between the earth and moon is by no means inconsiderable, and other obstacles “too tedious to mention,” lie in the way of this famous '''Catabasis''', which his lunar majesty is declared to have performed.}}

# A [[retreat]], especially a [[military]] one.
#: {{ant|en|anabasis}}

# A journey from the [[interior]] of a country to the coast.

# {{lb|en|rare}} The presence of [[downward]] ([[drainage]] or [[katabatic]]) winds.

====In media====
* {{w|Odyssey|''The Odyssey''}}, Book 11 — Odysseus’s descent into the underworld (a classic katabasis).
* Audiobook: [https://librivox.org/the-odyssey-version-3-by-homer/ The Odyssey (LibriVox)]
* Original dictionary entry: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katabasis Wiktionary: katabasis]

====Antonyms====
* [[anabasis]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|all senses}}
* French: {{t+|fr|catabase|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|catabasi|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|catabasis|f}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|catabasi|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|katabasis|f}}, {{t+|pl|katabaza|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|catàbbasi|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|catábasis|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{C|en|Mythology|Military}}

==Polish==
{{wp|pl:}}

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pl|grc|κατάβασις}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|katabas-is}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|f|indecl=yes}}

# {{lb|pl|literature|mythology}} {{l|en|katabasis}} {{gl|mytheme or trope in which the hero embarks on a journey to the underworld}}
#: {{syn|pl|katabaza}}

====Related terms====
{{col|pl|title=adjective|katabatyczny}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}