Perseus analysis of βῆσε:

βαίνω (walk, step): aor ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)

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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. 3pl. βέβᾰσαν 17.286, etc.: aor. 2 ἔβην Il. 17.112, etc., Dor. ἔβᾱν Pi. O. 13.97, etc.; Ep. 3sg. βῆ Il. 13.297, Ep. 3dual βάτην [ᾰ] 1.327, 3pl. 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., 2pl. βᾶτε A. Supp. 191, Eu. 1033 (lyr.); subj. βῶ, Ep. 3sg. 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. 3 Def. 9, cf. 16.26.

c. βεβηκὼς ῥυθμός stately rhythm, Syrian. in Hermog. 1p.69R.; ἀνάπαυσις ib.p.18 R.

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.)