step, pace,
βῆμα, Aeol. and Dor.
βᾶμα,ατος,τό, (βαίνω)
A. step, pace,
h.Merc. 222 , 345 , Pi. P. 3.43 , A. Ch. 799 (lyr.); σπουδῇ . . βημάτων πορεύεται
E. Andr. 880
; τοσόνδε β. διαβεβηκώς
Ar. Eq. 73
;footfall, ἐρατὸν βᾶμα
Sapph. Supp. 5.17
;Διὸς εὔφρονι βήματι μολεῖνto journey under the kindlyguidanceof Zeus, S. El. 163 (lyr.);gait, β. οὐκ ὀρθόν
Hippiatr. 27
.
2. step, as a measure of length,=
10
παλαισταί, about 2
1 / 2 feet, Hero
*Deff.
131 .
3. metaph.,step, 'moment', πρόοδος ἐν τρισὶ β. διισταμένη
Dam. Pr. 258
.
II.
= βάθρον ,step, seat, S. OC 193 (lyr.).
2. raised placeortribuneto speak from in a public assembly, etc., Th. 2.34 , LXX Ne. 8.4 , etc.; in the Pnyx at Athens,ἐπὶ τὸ β. ἀναβῆναιenterpublic life, D. 18.66 ; αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἐλπίδες
Id. 4.45
; also in the lawcourts, Id. 48.31 , Aeschin. 3.207 ; of a suppliant, ἐπὶ τοῦ β. καθεδούμενον
Ar. Pl. 382
; in theβουλευτήριον, Antipho 6.40 .
b. tribunalof a magistrate, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος β.
PTeb. 434
(ii A. D.).
3.
= θυμέλη , Poll. 4.123 ; β. θεήτρου
IG 3.239
.
4. base, pedestal, OGI 219.36 (Ilium,iii B. C.), 299.15 (Pergam.,ii B. C.).
