βαίνω

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(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. 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 GDI5075.4 (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.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-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 ῥ' 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 δ' ἰέναι set out to go, went his way, Il.4.199, etc.; βῆ δ' ἴμεν 5.167, etc.; βῆ δὲ θέειν started to run, 2.183, etc.; βῆ δ' ἐλάαν 13.27: c. acc. loci, νέας Od.3.162, cf. S.OT153 (lyr.), OC378; 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; ἐφ' ἵππων βάντες having mounted the chariot, 18.532; ἐπὶ πώλου βεβῶσα mounted on... S.OC313; ἐς δίφρον Il.5.364; ἐς ἅρματα E.El.320; βαίνειν δι' αἵματος wade in blood, Id.Ph. 20.    2 in pf., stand or be in a place, χῶρος ἐν ᾧ βεβήκαμεν S.OC52; 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 κλίνουσ' 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 arein office, Hdt.9.106, S.Ant.67; τοῦτον οὐχ ὁρῇς ὅκως βέβη-[κεν] ἀνδριάντα; Herod.4.36; [λίθους] ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις χώραις βεβηκότας IG7.3073.163 (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.IA709a24, 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.3Def.9, cf. 16.26.    c βεβηκὼς ῥυθμός stately rhythm, Syrian.in Hermog.1p.69R.; ἀνάπαυσις ib.p.18 R.    3 go away, depart, ἐν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδ' Il.12.16; ἔβαν ἄγοντες, ἔβαν φέρουσαι, have gone and taken away, 1.391, 2.302; ἄφαρ βέβακεν S.Tr. 134; θανάσιμος βέβηκεν Id.OT959, cf. 832; βεβᾶσι φροῦδοι E.IT1289; 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.    4 come, τίπτε βέβηκας; 15.90; arrive, S.OT81, Aj.921.    5 go on, advance, ἐς τόδε τόλμης, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων, Id.OT125,772; ἐπ' ἔσχατα Id.OC217 (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.HA575a13, 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 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, in fut. βήσω, (ἐπι-) Il.8.197, (εἰσ-) E.IT742: aor. 1 ἔβησα—make to go, φῶτας βῆσεν ἀφ' 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 (g[uglide]ṃ-sk-); root g[uglide]em- in OHG. quëman 'come'; ἔβην, βήσομαι fr. root g[uglide]ā-, Skt. jigāti, aor. ágāt.)