tread

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verb transitive

V. πατεῖν, ἐμπατεῖν, στείβειν, ἐπιστείβειν.

set foot on: P. and V. ἐμβαίνειν; (P. acc., V. acc., gen., or dat.), ἐπιβαίνειν (gen.), V. ἐπεμβαίνειν; (acc., gen., or dat.), ἐμβατεύειν (acc. or gen.), ἐπιστρέφεσθαι κατά (acc.).

traverse: P. and V. περιπολεῖν (acc.); see traverse.

tread the path of danger: V. κίνδυνον περᾶν (Aesch., Choe. 270).

tread a measure: P. and V. χορεύειν, V. ἑλίσσειν; see dance, step.

verb intransitive Ar. and P. βαδίζειν (also Euripides, Phoenissae 544; Sophocles Electra 1502, but rare V.), Ar. and V. βαίνειν, στείχειν, πατεῖν.

tread down: P. καταπατεῖν (acc.), P. and V. πατεῖν; (acc.) (Plato also Ar.).

trodden down, hard: use adj., P. ἀπόκροτος, V. στιπτός.

the leaves are trodden down as if one dwelt herein: V. στιπτή γε φυλλὰς ὡς ἐναυλίζοντί τῳ (Sophocles, Philebus 33).

tread under foot: use trample under foot.

tread upon: see tread, verb transitive

substantive

step: Ar. and V. βάσις, ἡ, βῆμα, τό.

foot-step: P. and V. ἴχνος, τό, V. στίβος, ὁ (also Xen.).

way of walking: P. βαδισμός, ὁ, βάδισμα, τό, Ar. and P. βάδισις, ἡ (Xen.), V. ἤλυσις, ἡ; use step.

treading the earth, adj., V. χθονοστιβής, πεδοστιβής.