anabasis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=nab=a=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

anabasis, n. [Gr. , fr. to go up; up + to go.].

•  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.”  [1913 Webster]

  "The anabasis of Napoleon."  [1913 Webster]
•  The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anabasis, n. (pl. anabases)
1 the march of the younger Cyrus into Asia in 401 BC as narrated by Xenophon in his work Anabasis.
2 a military up-country march.

Etymology

Gk, = ascent f. anabaino (as ANA-, baino go)