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βαίνω

βαίνω, βαίνω, -βήσομαι, -ἔβην, βέβηκα, -, -, walk, step, go; (perfect) stand

βαίνω (inf. βαίμεναι Hsch.), fut. βήσομαι Il. 2.339, etc., Dor. βᾱσεῦμαι Theoc. 2.8, etc.: pf. βέβηκα Il. 15.90, etc., Dor. βέβᾱκα Pi. I. 4(3).41, etc., with shortd. forms βεβάᾱσι Il. 2.134, contr. βεβᾶσι A. Pers. 1002 (lyr.), Eu. 76, etc.; subj. βεβῶσι (ἐμ-) Pl. Phdr. 252e; inf. βεβάμεν Il. 17.359, βεβάναι E. Heracl. 610 (lyr.); part. βεβαώς, -αυῖα Il. 14.477, Hom. Epigr. 15.10, contr. βεβώς: plpf. ἐβεβήκειν Il. 11.296, etc., Ep. βεβήκειν 6.495; sync. 3 pl. βέβᾰσαν 17.286, etc.: aor. 2 ἔβην Il. 17.112, etc., Dor. ἔβᾱν Pi. O. 13.97, etc.; Ep. 3 sg. βῆ Il. 13.297, Ep. 3 dual βάτην [ᾰ] 1.327, 3 pl. ἔβαν A. Pers. 18 (lyr.), (κατ-) S. Tr. 504 (lyr.), Ep. βάν Il. 20.32; imper. βῆθι, Dor. βᾶθι S. Ph. 1196 (lyr.); βᾱ in compds. ἔμβα, κατάβα, etc., 2 pl. βᾶτε A. Supp. 191, Eu. 1033 (lyr.); subj. βῶ, Ep. 3 sg. βήῃ (ὑπερ-) Il. 9.501, βήω 6.113, ἐμ-βέῃ GDI 5075.4 (Cret.), Dor. βᾶμες (for βῶμεν) Theoc. 15.22; opt. βαίην; inf. βῆναι (Att. Prose only in compds.), Ep. βήμεναι Od. 19.296, Dor. βᾶμεν Pi. P. 4.39; part. βάς βᾶσα βάν, Dor. pl. ἐκ-βῶντας Th. 5.77:— Med., Ep. aor.1 ἐβήσετο (ἀπ-) Il. 1.428:—Pass., pres. (v. infr. A.II.1): in compds., aor. ἀν-, παρ-, ξυν-εβάθην, X. Eq. 3.4, Th. 3.67, 4.30; later παρ-εβάνθην D.C. 48.2, al.; ἀνα-, παρα-, ξυμ-βέβᾰμαι, X. Eq.Mag. 1.4, Th. 1.123, 8.98; παρα-βέβασμαι D. 17.12: fut. παρα-βαθήσομαι Sch. E. Hec. 802.—For the Act. fut. and aor. 1, v. infr. B; for pres. part. βιβάς, v. βίβημι.—In correct Att. Prose the pres. βαίνω is almost the only tense in use; but in compds. Prose writers used all tenses freely.
  • A in the above tenses,
    • I intr., walk, step, prop. of motion on foot, ποσὶ βήσετο Il. 5.745, etc.; but also of all motion on ground, the direction being commonly determined by a Prep.:—the kind of motion is often marked by a part., βῆ φεύγων, βῆ ἀΐξασα, Il. 2.665, 4.74: c. part. fut., denoting purpose, βῆ ῥʼ Ἶσον . . ἐξεναρίξων he went to slay, Il. 11.101: with neut. Adj. as Adv., σαῦλα ποσὶν β. h.Merc. 28; ἁβρὸν β. παλλεύκῳ ποδί E. Med. 1164, cf. 830 (lyr.); ἴσα or ὁμοίως β. τινί, D. 19.314, X. Eq. 1.3; ἐν ποικίλοις β. A. Ag. 936, cf. 924; march or dance, μετὰ ῥυθμοῦ, ἐν ῥυθμῷ, Th. 5.70, Pl. Lg. 670b: freq. c. inf. in Hom., βῆ δʼ ἰέναι set out to go, went his way, Il. 4.199, etc.; βῆ δʼ ἴμεν 5.167, etc.; βῆ δὲ θέειν started to run, 2.183, etc.; βῆ δʼ ἐλάαν 13.27: c. acc. loci, νέας Od. 3.162, cf. S. OT 153 (lyr.), OC 378; ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔβαινεν was going on board ship, Od. 11.534; but ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ [νηῒ] . . ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι βαῖνον were on board, Il. 2.510; ἐφʼ ἵππων βάντες having mounted the chariot, 18.532; ἐπὶ πώλου βεβῶσα mounted on . ., S. OC 313; ἐς δίφρον Il. 5.364; ἐς ἅρματα E. El. 320; βαίνειν διʼ αἵματος wade in blood, Id. Ph. 20.
      • 2 in pf., stand or be in a place, χῶρος ἐν ᾧ βεβήκαμεν S. OC 52; βεβηκὼς σφόδρα firmly poised (opp. κρεμάμενος) Pl. Ti. 62c; β. μάχη steady fight, Plu. Phil. 9: freq. almost, = εἰμί (sum), εὖ βεβηκώς on a good footing, well established, prosperous, [θεοὶ] εὖ βεβηκότας ὑπτίους κλίνουσʼ Archil. 56.3; τυραννίδα εὖ βεβηκυῖαν Hdt. 7.164, cf. S. El. 979; εὖ βίου βεβηκότα prob. for ἐν βίῳ βεβιωκότα Nicom. Com.2; ἀσφαλέως βεβηκὼς ποσσί Archil. 58.4; ἐπισφαλῶς βεβ. LXX Wi. 4.4; ἄγαλμα βεβηκὸς ἄνω τὰ κάτω δὲ κεχηνός Eub. 107.23; οἱ ἐν τέλει ἐόντες, βεβῶτες, they who are in office, Hdt. 9.106, S. Ant. 67; τοῦτον οὐχ ὁρῇς ὅκως βέβη-[κεν] ἀνδριάντα; Herod. 4.36; [λίθους] ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις χώραις βεβηκότας IG 7.3073.163 (Lebad.); ἐν κακοῖς βεβ. S. El. 1057; μοίρᾳ οὐκ ἐν ἐσθλᾷ β. ib. 1095 (lyr.); βοῦς, κλεὶς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκεν, v. βοῦς IV, κλείς 4; φρόνει βεβὼς ἐπὶ ξυροῦ τύχης S. Ant. 996.
        • b Geom. of figures, stand on a base, ἐπί τινος Arist. IA 709a24, cf. Apollon.Perg. Con. 3.3; πυραμὶς ἐπὶ τετραγώνου βεβηκυῖα Hero *Stereom. 1.31; of an angle, stand on an arc, ἐπί τινος, πρός τινι, Euc. 3Def. 9, cf. 16.26.
        • c βεβηκὼς ῥυθμός stately rhythm, Syrian. in Hermog. 1 p.69 R.; ἀνάπαυσις ib. p.18 R.
      • 3 go away, depart, ἐν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδʼ Il. 12.16; ἔβαν ἄγοντες, ἔβαν φέρουσαι, have gone and taken away, 1.391, 2.302; ἄφαρ βέβακεν S. Tr. 134; θανάσιμος βέβηκεν Id. OT 959, cf. 832; βεβᾶσι φροῦδοι E. IT 1289; βέβηκα euphem. for τέθνηκα, A. Pers. 1002 (lyr.); of things, ἐννέα ἐνιαυτοὶ βεβάασι nine years have come and gone, Il. 2.134; πῇ ὅρκια βήσεται; ib. 339, cf. 8.229.
      • 4 come, τίπτε βέβηκας; 15.90; arrive, S. OT 81, Aj. 921.
      • 5 go on, advance, ἐς τόδε τόλμης, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων, Id. OT 125, 772; ἐπʼ ἔσχατα Id. OC 217 (lyr.).
      • 6 c. part. as periphr. for fut., βαίνω καταγγέλλων PMag.Par. 1.2474.
    • II c. acc., mount, Hom. only in aor. Med. βήσασθαι δίφρον Il. 3.262, Od. 3.481: in Act. (fut. part. Med. βησόμενος Them. Or. 21.248b), of the male, mount, cover, Pl. Phdr. 250e, Achae. 28, Arist. HA 575a13, etc.:—in Pass., ἵπποι βαινόμεναι brood mares, Hdt. 1.192.
      • 2 c. acc. cogn., β. Δωρίαν κέλευθον ὕμνων Pi. Fr. 191; Καλλαβίδας Eup. 163; ἔβα ῥόον went down stream, i.e. died, Theoc. 1.140.
        • b metaph. of metre, scan, D.H. Comp. 21 (Pass.), Aristid. Quint. 1.23,24, etc.; βαίνεται τὸ ἔπος is scanned, Arist. Metaph. 1093a30.
      • 3 χρέος ἔβα με debts came on me, Ar. Nu. 30; ὀδύνα μʼ ὀδύνα βαίνει E. Hipp. 1371 (lyr.).
      • 4 Poet. with acc. of the instrument of motion, βαίνειν πόδα E. El. 94, 1173 (lyr.).
      • 5 βαίνειν· φιλεῖν, κολακεύειν, Hsch.
  • B Causal, in fut. βήσω, (ἐπι-) Il. 8.197, (εἰσ-) E. IT 742: aor. 1 ἔβησα—make to go, φῶτας βῆσεν ἀφʼ ἵππων he made them dismount, Il. 16.810; ἀμφοτέρους ἐξ ἵππων βῆσε κακῶς he brought them down from the chariot in sorry plight, 5.164; ὄφρα βάσομεν ὄκχον Pi. O. 6.24.—Rare in Trag. (exc. in compds.), E. Med. 209 (lyr.).—The simple Verb is uncommon in later Gr. (For βάμ-yω, cf. Lat. venio, Skt. gamyáte; βάσκω corresponds to Skt. gácchati (gṷṃ-sk-); root gṷem- in OHG. quëman ‘comeʼ; ἔβην, βήσομαι fr. root gṷā-, Skt. jigāti, aor. ágāt.)

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