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|Definition=Aeol. and Dor. [[βᾶμα]], ατος, τό, ([[βαίνω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[step]], [[pace]], h.Merc.222, 345, Pi.P.3.43, A.Ch.799 (lyr.); σπουδῇ… βημάτων πορεύεται E.Andr. 880; τοσόνδε βῆμα 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]], βῆμα οὐκ ὀρθόν Hippiatr.27.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[step]], as a [[measure]] of [[length]], = 10 [[παλαισταί]], about 2 1/2 [[feet]], Hero *Deff. 131.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[step]], '[[moment]]', [[πρόοδος]] ἐν τρισὶ βήμασι διισταμένη Dam.Pr.258.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[βάθρον]], [[step]], [[seat]], S.OC193 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[elevated]] [[surface]], [[rise]], [[platform]], [[stage]], [[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 βῆμα ἀναβῆναι]] = [[enter]] [[public]] [[life]], D.18.66; αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος ἐλπίδες Id.4.45; also in the [[lawcourt]]s, Id.48.31, Aeschin.3.207; of a [[suppliant]], ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος καθεδούμενον Ar.Pl.382; in the [[βουλευτήριον]], Antipho6.40.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[tribunal]] of a [[magistrate]], τοῦ ἡγεμόνος βῆμα PTeb.434 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[θυμέλη]], Poll.4.123; βῆμα θεήτρου IG3.239.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[base]], [[base of an altar]], [[altar]], [[sanctuary]], [[pulpit]], [[pedestal]], OGI219.36 (Ilium, iii B. C.), 299.15 (Pergam., ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">βῆμα·</span> [[πρόβατα]], Hsch.