βῆμα
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
English (LSJ)
Aeol. and Dor. βᾶμα, ατος, τό, (βαίνω)
A step, pace, h.Merc.222, 345, Pi.P.3.43, A.Ch.799 (lyr.); σπουδῇ . . βημάτων πορεύεται E.Andr. 880; τοσόνδε β. διαβεβηκώς Ar.Eq.73; footfall, ἐρατὸν βᾶμα Sapph. Supp.5.17; Διὸς εὔφρονι βήματι μολεῖν to journey under the kindly guidance of Zeus, S.El.163 (lyr.); gait, β. οὐκ ὀρθόν Hippiatr.27. 2 step, as a measure of length, = 10 παλαισταί, about 2 1/2 feet, Hero *Deff. 131. 3 metaph., step, 'moment', πρόοδος ἐν τρισὶ β. διισταμένη Dam.Pr.258. II = βάθρον, step, seat, S.OC193 (lyr.). 2 raised place or tribune to speak from in a public assembly, etc., Th.2.34, LXX Ne.8.4, etc.; in the Pnyx at Athens, ἐπὶ τὸ β. ἀναβῆναι enter public life, D.18.66; αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἐλπίδες Id.4.45; also in the lawcourts, Id.48.31, Aeschin.3.207; of a suppliant, ἐπὶ τοῦ β. καθεδούμενον Ar.Pl.382; in the βουλευτήριον, Antipho6.40. b tribunal of a magistrate, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος β. PTeb.434 (ii A. D.). 3 = θυμέλη, Poll.4.123; β. θεήτρου IG3.239. 4 base, pedestal, OGI219.36 (Ilium, iii B. C.), 299.15 (Pergam., ii B. C.).
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