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βίβημι

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: βίβημι Medium diacritics: βίβημι Low diacritics: βίβημι Capitals: ΒΙΒΗΜΙ
Transliteration A: bíbēmi Transliteration B: bibēmi Transliteration C: vivimi Beta Code: bi/bhmi

English (LSJ)

poet. collat. form of βαίνω,

   A to stride, used by Hom. only in part., μακρὰ βιβάς Il.7.213, al.; ὕψι βιβάντα 13.371, al. (v. foreg.): Dor. 3sg. βίβαντι Epigr.Lacon. ap. Poll.4.102.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βίβημι: ποιητ. ἰσοδ. τύπος τοῦ βαίνω, περιπατῶ, βαδίζω, ἐν χρήσει παρ᾿ Ὁμ. μόνον κατὰ μετοχ., μακρὰ βιβὰς Ἰλ. Η. 213, κτλ.· ὕψι βιβάντα Ν. 371, κτλ. (καὶ νεώτεροι ἐκδόται ἀναγινώσκουσι βιβάντα, βιβᾶσα ἐν τοῖς χωρίοις τοῖς μνημονευθεῖσιν ὑπὸ τὸ ἄρθρον βιβάω)· Δωρ. γ΄ πληθ. βίβαντ, Ἐπιγρ. Λακων ἐν Ahrens Δ. Δωρ. σ. 483.

French (Bailly abrégé)

seul. part. prés. nomin. masc. βιβάς, fém. βιβᾶσα, et acc. masc. βιβάντα;
faire des enjambées, aller à grands pas.
Étymologie: cf. βαίνω, marcher.

English (Autenrieth)

(parallel forms of βαίνω), pres. part. βιβάσθων and βιβάς, acc. βιβάντα and βιβῶντα, fem. βιβῶσα: stride along, stalk; usually μακρὰ βιβάς, ‘with long strides,’ ὕψι βιβάντα, Il. 13.371.