to go down
→
to abase oneself
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| SUSPENDED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | καταβαίνω | |
| Meaning 1 | to descend | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to himiliate | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | scendere | |
| Meaning 1 | to go down | scendere per le scale to go down the stairs |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to humble, to abase | scendere a preghiere to humble to pleas |
| Reference | Zor'ko et al. 2002: 796 | |
| Comment | also Italian abbassarsi | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | abbassarsi | |
| Meaning 1 | to go down | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to assume a position of humility or subjection; to humble oneself; to stoop [+ a (object)] | abbassarsi a chiedere scusa to humble oneself to ask for forgiveness |
| Reference | Zor'ko et al. 2002 Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||