anabasis

[ uh-nab-uh-sis ]
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noun,plural a·nab·a·ses [uh-nab-uh-seez]. /əˈnæb əˌsiz/.
  1. a march from the coast into the interior, as that of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II, described by Xenophon in his historical work Anabasis (379–371 b.c.).

  2. Literary. any military expedition or advance.

Origin of anabasis

1
1700–10; <Greek: a stepping up. See ana-, basis

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How to use anabasis in a sentence

  • A suspicion is thrown out in some editions of the anabasis that the language cited might refer to an eclipse of the Sun.

    The Story of Eclipses | George Chambers
  • The narrative of the surmounting of all these obstacles with tact and temper is the main subject of the famous "anabasis."

  • His “anabasis” is a true story as delightful as a fiction; his “Cyropædia” is a fiction full of truths.

  • Many a single line of the anabasis presents a picture which deeply stirs the emotions.

  • C8.3, with its reference to the anabasis, certainly looks as though it might have been written after his death.

    Cyropaedia | Xenophon

British Dictionary definitions for anabasis

anabasis

/ (əˈnæbəsɪs) /


nounplural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
  1. the march of Cyrus the Younger and his Greek mercenaries from Sardis to Cunaxa in Babylonia in 401 bc, described by Xenophon in his Anabasis: Compare katabasis

  2. any military expedition, esp one from the coast to the interior

Origin of anabasis

1
C18: from Greek: a going up, ascent, from anabainein to go up; see anabaena

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