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Showing words for KATABASIS using the English dictionary
9 Letter Words for Katabasis
katabasis
7 Letter Words for Katabasis
abasias, astasia
6 Letter Words for Katabasis
abakas, abasia, abassi, abatis, absist, absits, assbaa, bassia, batiks, sakais, sakias
5 Letter Words for Katabasis
abaka, abask, absis, absit, akaba, akasa, assai, baits, basat, basis, basks, basta, basti, basts, batik, batis, bisks, ikats, isbas, kaaba, katas, katis, kiaat, kists, kitab, saist, sakai, sakia, sakti, satai, satis, sikas, skats, skits, staab, stabs, staia, tabis, takas, takis, tasks, tikas
4 Letter Words for Katabasis
abas, abit, aias, aits, akia, asak, asia, asks, assi, asst, asta, atis, baas, bait, baka, bask, bass, bast, bata, bats, bias, bisk, bist, bits, bskt, ikat, isba, itas, kaas, kabs, kais, kasa, kata, kati, kats, kiss, kist, kits, saba, sabs, sais, sasa, sata, sati, siak, sibs, sika, sist, sita, sits, skas, skat, skis, skit, stab, stib, tabi, tabs, tais, taka, taki, taks, task, tass, tika, tsia, tsks
3 Letter Words for Katabasis
aas, aba, abs, abt, aia, aik, ais, ait, aka, asb, ask, ass, ast, baa, bai, bas, bat, bis, bit, bks, bkt, iaa, iba, ist, ita, its, kab, kai, kas, kat, kit, ksi, saa, sab, sai, sat, sib, sis, sit, ska, ski, sta, stk, taa, tab, tai, tak, tas, tbs, tib, tis, tsi, tsk, tss
Definitions for Katabasis
[1] 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.
[2] a retreat, especially a military retreat.
[3] the retreat of the Greek mercenaries of Cyrus the Younger, after his death at Cunaxa, from the Euphrates to the Black Sea in 401–400 bc under the leadership of Xenophon: recounted in his Anabasis Compare anabasis
[4] literary a retreat
Words nearby Katabasis
kasugai, kasyapa, kat, kata, kata-, katabasis, katabatic, katabolism, katahdin, katakana, katal
Origin of Katabasis
1830–40; < Greek katábasis a going down, descent, equivalent to kataba- (stem of katabaínein to go down) + -sis -sis. See kata-, basis
Word origin for Katabasis
C19: from Greek: a going down, from katabainein to go down