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 , co
βαίνω(inf.
A.
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.);βᾱin 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(forβῶμεν) 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. 11.1 ): 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-βαθήσομαιSch. E. Hec. 802 .—For the Act.
fut.andaor. 1,v.infr. B; forpres. part. βιβάς,
v. βίβημι. —In correct Att. Prose thepres. βαίνωis 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 motionon foot,
ποσὶ βήσετο
Il. 5.745
, etc.; but also of all motionon ground,the direction being commonly determined by a Prep.:—the kind of motion is often marked by apart.,βῆ φεύγων, βῆ ἀί̈ξασα,
Il. 2.665 , 4.74 : c.part. fut., denoting purpose,βῆ ῥ' Ἶσον . . ἐξεναρίξων he went toslay, Il. 11.101 : with neut.Adj.asAdv., σαῦλα ποσὶν β.
h.Merc. 28
; ἁβρὸν β. παλλεύκῳ ποδί
E. Med. 1164
, cf. 830 (lyr.);ἴσαorὁμοίως β. τινί,
D. 19.314 , X. Eq. 1.3 ; ἐν ποικίλοις β.
A. Ag. 936
, cf. 924 ;marchordance, μετὰ ῥυθμοῦ, ἐν ῥυθμῷ,
Th. 5.70 , Pl. Lg. 670b : freq. c.inf.in Hom. ,βῆ δ' ἰέναι set outto go,wenthis way, Il. 4.199 , etc.; βῆ δ' ἴμεν
5.167
, etc.;βῆ δὲ θέειν startedto run, 2.183 , etc.; βῆ δ' ἐλάαν
13.27
: c. acc. loci, νέας
Od. 3.162
, cf. S. OT 153 (lyr.), OC 378 ;ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔβαινεν was goingon board ship, Od. 11.534 ; but ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ [νηὶ̈] . . ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι βαῖνον were on board,
Il. 2.510
;ἐφ' ἵππων βάντες having mountedthe chariot, 18.532 ;ἐπὶ πώλου βεβῶσα mountedon . . , S. OC 313 ; ἐς δίφρον
Il. 5.364
; ἐς ἅρματα
E. El. 320
;βαίνειν δι' αἵματος wadein blood, Id. Ph. 20 .
2. inpf.,standorbein a place, χῶρος ἐν ᾧ βεβήκαμεν
S. OC 52
;βεβηκὼς σφόδραfirmlypoised(opp.κρεμάμενος) Pl. Ti. 62c ;β. μάχη steadyfight, Plu. Phil. 9 : freq. almost, = εἰμί (sum),εὖ βεβηκώς on agoodfooting,wellestablished, prosperous,[ θεοὶ] εὖ βεβηκότας ὑπτίους κλίνους'
Archil. 56.3
; τυραννίδα εὖ βεβηκυῖαν
Hdt. 7.164
, cf. S. El. 979 ;εὖ βίου βεβηκόταprob. 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 whoarein 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,standon a base, ἐπί τινος
Arist. IA 709a24
, cf. Apollon.Perg. Con. 3.3 ; πυραμὶς ἐπὶ τετραγώνου βεβηκυῖα
Hero
*Stereom.
1.31 ; of an angle,standon an arc,ἐπί τινος, πρός τινι,
Euc. 3
Def. 9 , cf. 16.26 .
c. βεβηκὼς ῥυθμός statelyrhythm, Syrian. in Hermog. 1p.69R. ;ἀνάπαυσιςib. p.18 R.
3. go away, depart,
ἐν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδ'
Il. 12.16
;ἔβαν ἄγοντες, ἔβαν φέρουσαι, have goneand taken away, 1.391 , 2.302 ; ἄφαρ βέβακεν
S. Tr. 134
; θανάσιμος βέβηκεν
Id. OT 959
, cf. 832 ; βεβᾶσι φροῦδοι
E. IT 1289
;βέβηκαeuphem. forτέθνηκα,
A. Pers. 1002 (lyr.); of things,ἐννέα ἐνιαυτοὶ βεβάασιnine yearshave 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 ; ἐπ' ἔσχατα
Id. OC 217
(lyr.).
6. c.part.as periphr. forfut., βαίνω καταγγέλλων
PMag.Par. 1.2474
.
II. c. acc.,mount,
Hom. only inaor.
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 broodmares, Hdt. 1.192 .
2. c. acc. cogn., β. Δωρίαν κέλευθον ὕμνων
Pi. Fr. 191
; Καλλαβίδας
Eup. 163
;ἔβα ῥόον went downstream, 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 μεdebtscame onme, Ar. Nu. 30 ; ὀδύνα μ' 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, infut. βήσω,(ἐπι-) Il. 8.197 , (εἰσ-) E. IT 742 :aor. 1 ἔβησα—make to go, φῶτας βῆσεν ἀφ' ἵππων he madethemdismount,
Il. 16.810 ;ἀμφοτέρους ἐξ ἵππων βῆσε κακῶς he broughtthemdownfrom 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. (Forβάμ-y ω,cf. Lat.venio,Skt.gamyáte;βάσκωcorresponds to Skt.gácchati(g[uglide]ṃ-sk-); rootg[uglide]em-in OHG.quëman'come';ἔβην, βήσομαιfr. rootg[uglide]ā-,Skt.jigāti, aor. ágāt.)
