κάθ·οδος, ου (ἡ) [ᾰ]
   I descente, càd. :
      1 chemin pour descendre, LUC. D. mort. 27, 1 ;
      2 action de descendre, ARSTT. P.A. 4, 11, 4 ; PLUT. M. 378 e, etc. ;
   II retour, EUR. H.f. 19 ; THC. 3, 114 ; particul. retour d’un exilé, HDT. 1, 60, etc. ; THC. 3, 85, etc. ; qqf. retour périodique, cycle, période, SPT. Eccl. 6, 6.

➳ Ion. κατ- HDT. 1, 60, 61, etc.

Étym. κ. ὁδός.

Ion. κάτοδος, ἡ, descent, esp. of Demeter, Plu. 2.378e; represented in mysteries, Herod. 1.56; and so of a procession, ἥρωος κ. Call. Aet. 1.1.26; generally, going down, τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ κ. ἡ ἡδονή Arist. PA 690b30, cf. Luc. Nec. 2; way down, Id. DMort. 27.1; of planets, declination, Simp. in Cael. 510.29. ἡ κ. ἡ ἐπὶ θάλασσαν, = κατάβασις, Arr. An. 1.2.4.
journey down the Nile, POxy. 1119.27 (iii AD), etc.
coming back, return, E. HF 19, Th. 3.114; esp. of an exile to his country, Hdt. 1.60, 61, al., Th. 3.85, 5.16, etc. ; κ. καὶ ἄδεια Id. 8.81.
cycle, recurrence, χιλίων ἐτῶν κ. a thousand years twice told, in pl., LXX Ec. 6.6, cf. Phot. ; also τρεῖς καθόδους three times, LXX 3 Ki. 9.25, cf. Aq. Ex. 34.24, al. ; ἄχρι δύο καθόδων twice over, Alex.Trall. 1.17.

ἡ, der Weg hinab, Luc. D.Mort. 27.1, das Hinuntergehen, z.B. in die Unterwelt, Plut. Is. et Os. 69 ; τῶν ἐδεστῶν ἐν τῇ καθόδῳ ἡ ἡδονή, d.i. beim Hinunterschlucken, Arist. part. an. 4.11. – Gew. die Rückkehr, καθόδου δίδωσι μισθὸν Εὐρυσθεῖ μέγαν Eur. Herc.Fur. 19 ; bes. der Verbannten in ihr Vaterland, Her. 1.60 u. öfter, in der ion. Form κάτοδος ; Thuc. ψηφισαμένων αὐτῶν Ἀλκιβιάδῃ κάθοδον καὶ ἄδειαν 8.81 ; Plat. Legg. IX.867d ; Xen. Hell. 1.1.22 u. öfter ; Lys. 18.10 ; ἡ τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν Pol. 2.41.4 ; Plut. öfter.

1. a going down, descent , (Lucian): a way down , (Lucian)
2. a coming back, return , (Euripides); of an exile, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)