βάσις[ᾰ],εως,ἡ,(βαίνω)
A. stepping, step,and collectively,steps,
A. Eu. 36 , S. Aj. 8 , etc.: metaph., ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει
A. Ch. 452
(lyr.); οὐκ ἔχων β. power to step,
S. Ph. 691
(lyr.);τροχῶν βάσειςtherollingof the wheels, therollingwheels, Id. El. 718 ;ἀρβύλης β.theprintof the sandal, E. El. 532 ; ποίμναις τήνδ' ἐπεμπίπτει βάσιν
S. Aj. 42
.
2. measured stepor movement,
β. χορείας
Ar. Th. 968
, cf. Pi. P. 1.2 : hence,rhythmicalormetrical movement,
Pl. R. 399e , Lg. 670d : in Rhet.,rhythmical closeof a sentence, Hermog. Id. 1.6 , al.;clause forming transition from πρότασις to ἀπόδοσις,
Id. Inv. 1.5 : and in Metric,metrical unit, monometer,