βῆμα: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=Aeol. and Dor. βᾶμα, ατος, τό, (βαίνω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">step, pace</b>, h.Merc.222, 345, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.43</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>799</span> (lyr.); σπουδῇ . . βημάτων πορεύεται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span> 880</span>; τοσόνδε β. διαβεβηκώς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>73</span>; <b class="b2">footfall</b>, ἐρατὸν βᾶμα <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>5.17</span>; <b class="b3">Διὸς εὔφρονι βήματι μολεῖν</b> to journey under the kindly <b class="b2">guidance</b> of Zeus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>163</span> (lyr.); <b class="b2">gait</b>, β. οὐκ ὀρθόν <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>27. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">step</b>, as a measure of length, = 10 <b class="b3">παλαισταί</b>, about 2 1/2 feet, Hero <b class="b2">*Deff</b>. 131. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">step, 'moment'</b>, πρόοδος ἐν τρισὶ β. διισταμένη <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>258</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[βάθρον]], <b class="b2">step, seat</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>193</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">raised place</b> or <b class="b2">tribune</b> to speak from in a public assembly, etc., <span class="bibl">Th.2.34</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ne.</span>8.4</span>, etc.; in the Pnyx at Athens, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ β. ἀναβῆναι</b> enter <b class="b2">public life</b>, <span class="bibl">D.18.66</span>; αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἐλπίδες <span class="bibl">Id.4.45</span>; also in the lawcourts, <span class="bibl">Id.48.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.207</span>; of a suppliant, ἐπὶ τοῦ β. καθεδούμενον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>382</span>; in the <b class="b3">βουλευτήριον</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho6.40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">tribunal</b> of a magistrate, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος β. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>434</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[θυμέλη]], <span class="bibl">Poll.4.123</span>; β. θεήτρου <span class="title">IG</span>3.239. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">base, pedestal</b>, <span class="title">OGI</span>219.36 (Ilium, iii B. C.), 299.15 (Pergam., ii B. C.).</span><br /><span class="bld">βῆμα·</span> <b class="b3">πρόβατα</b>, Hsch.

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