Anabasis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈnæbəsɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anabasis is a noun meaning (historical) A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
Meaning
(historical) A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
Example Sentences
The Wordsworthian journey to the source […] is more of an amble than an anabasis or strenuous heroic quest.
During the French anabasis to Moscow he entered our service, made himself a prodigious favorite with the whole imperial family, and even now is only in his twenty−second year.
‘I have a feeling that if we follow a scent of spring on the air with sufficient eagerness we’ll come to a south without snow more quickly than we think. Thalassa, thalassa. This is what the Greeks called an anabasis.’ They looked at him as if he were barmy.
Word Forms
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Antonyms for anabasis
Common opposites include catabasis, katabasis.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anabasius, stathmos, alalagmos, taxis, prodromos, epinicion.
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