LogeionPerseus analyses of βῆ:
- βαίνω (walk, step): aor ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)
- βῆ: indeclform (adverb)
LSJ entries
βαίνω
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.)
(NB. Could not find dictionary headword; this is around
the spot it should appear.)
βῆβῆ
βῆβῆ,