anabasis
pronunciation
How to pronounce anabasis in British English:
UK ['ənæbəsɪs]
How to pronounce anabasis in American English:
US ['ənæbəsɪs]
Word Origin
- anabasis (n.)
- 1706, from Greek, "military expedition," literally "a going up (from the coast)," especially in reference to the advance of Cyrus the Younger from near the Aegean coast into Asia, and the subsequent story of the retreat of the 10,000 narrated by Xenophon (401 B.C.E.), from anabainein "to go up, mount;" from ana "up" (see ana-) + bainein "to go" (see come).
Example
- 1. Influences of temperature and light and salinity on the germination of anabasis aphylla seeds .
- 2. The vivipary characteristic of anabasis elatior and its ecological adaptation .
- 3. Persian prince who led a mammoth force of greeks against his brother artaxerxes ii . The retreat that followed his defeat and death are described in xenophon 's anabasis .
- 4. Cyrus : persian prince who led a mammoth force of greeks against his brother artaxerxes ii . The retreat that followed his defeat and death are described in xenophon 's anabasis .