ἔκβασιν (ekbasin)

ἔκβασιν is an Ancient Greek form of ἐκβαίνω, meaning “step out, disembark”.

It can also be a form of ἔκβασις, “way out of; landing-places”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of ἐκβάζω, “speak out, declare”. It is the future active participle dative plural masculine.

Found 36 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.1049: τόσσον ἐπαρκέσσειν εἰς ἔκβασιν. ἀλλά τινʼ ἄλλην

Plutarch, De Genio Socratis 24·2: … ένη μακροὺς ἀγῶνας εὖ καὶ προθύμως ψυχή, τῆς περιόδου συμπεραινομένης κινδυνεύουσα καὶ φιλοτιμουμένη περὶ τὴν ἑκβασιν ἱδρῶτι πολλῷ ἄνω προσφέρηται, ταύτῃ τὸν οἰκεῖον οὐ νεμεσᾷ δαίμονα βοηθεῖν ὁ θεὸς ἀλλʼ ἀφίησι τῷ προθυμουμένῳ …

Strabo, Geography 4.6.6: … τὴν φύσιν διὰ πετρῶν καὶ κρημνῶν ἐξαισίων, τῶν μὲν ὑπερκειμένων τῆς ὁδοῦ τῶν δʼ ὑποπιπτόντων, ὥστε καὶ μικρὸν ἐκβᾶσιν ἄφυκτον εἶναι τὸν κίνδυνον, εἰς φάραγγας ἀβύσσους τοῦ πτώματος ὄντος. οὕτω δέ ἐστι στενὴ κατά τι αὐτοῦ ἡ ὁδὸς …

All forms of ἐκβαίνω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.