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Definition: ANABASIS |
ANABASISNoun1. The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. 2. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis." |
Etymology: Anabasis \A*nab"a*sis\, noun. [from Greek expression, from to go up; up to go.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Anabasis is the most famous work of the Greek writer Xenophon. The journey it narrates is his best known accomplishment.Xenophon accompanied a large army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger, who intended to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II. Though Cyrus' army was victorious in a battle in Babylon, Cyrus himself was killed in battle and the expedition rendered moot. Stranded deep in enemy territory, most of the Greek generals were subsequently killed or captured by treachery. Xenophon played an instrumental role in encouraging the Greek army of 10,000 to march north to the Black Sea. This is the story he relates in this book.
The Greek term anabasis referred to an expedition from a coastline into the interior of a country. The term katabasis referred to a trip from the interior to the coast. Since most of Xenophon's narrative is taken up with the march from the interior of Babylon to the Black Sea, the title is something of a misnomer.
Socrates makes a cameo appearance when Xenophon asks whether he ought to accompany the expedition. The short episode demonstrtes the reverence of Socrates for the oracle of Delphi.
Historically the Anabasis has been one of the first unabridged texts presented to students of the classical Greek language due to its clear style.
One of the best and most easily found translations is Rex Warner's "The Persian Expedition."
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Anabasis."
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| "ANABASIS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "ANABASIS" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anabasis | 9 |
anabasis xenophon | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "ANABASIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hebrew | יפרוק (glasswort). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anabasisay.(various references) | |
Spanish | Anábasis. (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"ANABASIS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amabalis, amabilis, anabase, anasazi, Kananaskis. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "ANABASIS" (pronounced 'A*nab"a*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis, Aposiopesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-i-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: abasias. | |
-2 letters: abasia, anabas, asanas, basins, sabins. | |
-3 letters: asana, assai, basin, basis, bassi, isbas, nabis, sabin, sains, sasin, snibs. | |
-4 letters: abas, ains, anas, anis, ansa, baas, bani, bans, bass, bias, bins, isba, nabs, nibs, sabs, sain, sans, sibs, sins, snib. | |
-5 letters: aas, aba, abs, ain, ais, ana, ani, ass, baa, ban, bas, bin, bis, ins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-i-n-s-s" | |
+3 letters: anabaptisms. | |
+4 letters: amphisbaenas, unassailable, unassailably. | |
+5 letters: availableness, barbarianisms. | |
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