The corpus record

βάδην

baden

step by step

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 3 · 4.32/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Anabasis 4 · 0.71/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

step by step, in marching step, at quick march

step by step, β. ἀπιόντος Il. 13.516; ἄραχνος ὡς β. A. Supp. 887; in marching step, ἦγε β. Hdt. 9.57; ἡγοῦ β. Ar. Lys. 254; β. ταχὺ ἐφέπεσθαι at quick march, opp. δρόμῳ θεῖν, X. An. 4.6.25; θᾶττον ἢ β. Id. HG 5.4.53, Men. 837, Aristaenet. 2.14; β. ὑποχωρεῖν Arist. HA 629b14.

2 gradually, more and more

gradually, more and more, πεινῆν Ar. Ach. 535.

II on foot

on foot, opp. ἐφʼ ἵππων, ἐπὶ ναῶν, A. Pers. 19 (anap.); opp. ἐπʼ ἀπήνης, App. Gall. 1.

In the wild

βάδην · badēn Aeschylus, Persians 19–20
βάδην · badēn Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 886–887
βάδην · badēn Herodotus, Histories 9.57.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9713)
βάδην · badēn Iliad 13.516
βάδην · badēn Sophocles, Ichneutae 332–335
βάδην · badēn Xenophon, Agesilaus 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 100)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βάδην (scan p. 34; entry #120).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βάδην (scan p. 237; entry #944).

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