βαίνω

A

in the above tenses,

I walk, step, on foot, on ground, he went to, march, dance, set out, went, started, was going, were on board, having mounted, mounted, wade

intr., walk, step, prop. of motion on foot, ποσὶ βήσετο Il. 5.745, etc.; but also of all motion on ground, the direction being commonly determined by a Prep.:—the kind of motion is often marked by a part., βῆ φεύγων, βῆ ἀΐξασα, Il. 2.665, 4.74: c. part. fut., denoting purpose, βῆ ῥʼ Ἶσον . . ἐξεναρίξων he went to slay, Il. 11.101: with neut. Adj. as Adv., σαῦλα ποσὶν β. h.Merc. 28; ἁβρὸν β. παλλεύκῳ ποδί E. Med. 1164, cf. 830 (lyr.); ἴσα or ὁμοίως β. τινί, D. 19.314, X. Eq. 1.3; ἐν ποικίλοις β.

2 stand, be, poised, steady, on a, footing, established, prosperous, are

in pf., stand or be in a place, χῶρος ἐν ᾧ βεβήκαμεν S. OC 52; βεβηκὼς σφόδρα firmly poised (opp. κρεμάμενος) Pl. Ti. 62c; β. μάχη steady fight, Plu. Phil. 9: freq. almost, = εἰμί (sum), εὖ βεβηκώς on a good footing, well established, prosperous, [θεοὶ] εὖ βεβηκότας ὑπτίους κλίνουσʼ Archil. 56.3; τυραννίδα εὖ βεβηκυῖαν Hdt. 7.164, cf. S. El. 979; εὖ βίου βεβηκότα prob. for ἐν βίῳ βεβιωκότα Nicom. Com.2; ἀσφαλέως βεβηκὼς ποσσί Archil. 58.4; ἐπισφαλῶς βεβ. LXX Wi. 4.4; ἄγαλμα βεβηκὸς ἄνω τὰ κάτω δ

b stand, stand

Geom. of figures, stand on a base, ἐπί τινος Arist. IA 709a24, cf. Apollon.Perg. Con. 3.3; πυραμὶς ἐπὶ τετραγώνου βεβηκυῖα Hero *Stereom. 1.31; of an angle, stand on an arc, ἐπί τινος, πρός τινι, Euc. 3Def. 9, cf. 16.26.

c stately

βεβηκὼς ῥυθμός stately rhythm, Syrian. in Hermog. 1p.69R.; ἀνάπαυσις ib. p.18 R.

3 go away, depart, have gone, have come and gone

go away, depart, ἐν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδʼ Il. 12.16; ἔβαν ἄγοντες, ἔβαν φέρουσαι, have gone and taken away, 1.391, 2.302; ἄφαρ βέβακεν S. Tr. 134; θανάσιμος βέβηκεν Id. OT 959, cf. 832; βεβᾶσι φροῦδοι E. IT 1289; βέβηκα euphem. for τέθνηκα, A. Pers. 1002 (lyr.); of things, ἐννέα ἐνιαυτοὶ βεβάασι nine years have come and gone, Il. 2.134; πῇ ὅρκια βήσεται; ib. 339, cf. 8.229.

4 come, arrive

come, τίπτε βέβηκας; 15.90; arrive, S. OT 81, Aj. 921.

5 go on, advance

go on, advance, ἐς τόδε τόλμης, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων, Id. OT 125, 772; ἐπʼ ἔσχατα Id. OC 217 (lyr.).

6

c. part. as periphr. for fut., βαίνω καταγγέλλων PMag.Par. 1.2474.

II mount, mount, cover, brood

c. acc., mount, Hom. only in aor. Med. βήσασθαι δίφρον Il. 3.262, Od. 3.481: in Act. (fut. part. Med. βησόμενος Them. Or. 21.248b), of the male, mount, cover, Pl. Phdr. 250e, Achae. 28, Arist. HA 575a13, etc.:—in Pass., ἵπποι βαινόμεναι brood mares, Hdt. 1.192.

2 went down, died

c. acc. cogn., β. Δωρίαν κέλευθον ὕμνων Pi. Fr. 191; Καλλαβίδας Eup. 163; ἔβα ῥόον went down stream, i.e. died, Theoc. 1.140.

b scan, is scanned

metaph. of metre, scan, D.H. Comp. 21 (Pass.), Aristid. Quint. 1.23,24, etc.; βαίνεται τὸ ἔπος is scanned, Arist. Metaph. 1093a30.

3 came on

χρέος ἔβα με debts came on me, Ar. Nu. 30; ὀδύνα μʼ ὀδύνα βαίνει E. Hipp. 1371 (lyr.).

4

Poet. with acc. of the instrument of motion, βαίνειν πόδα E. El. 94, 1173 (lyr.).

5

βαίνειν· φιλεῖν, κολακεύειν, Hsch.

B make to go, he made, dismount, he brought, down

Causal, in fut. βήσω, (ἐπι-) Il. 8.197, (εἰσ-) E. IT 742: aor. 1 ἔβησα—make to go, φῶτας βῆσεν ἀφʼ ἵππων he made them dismount, Il. 16.810; ἀμφοτέρους ἐξ ἵππων βῆσε κακῶς he brought them down from the chariot in sorry plight, 5.164; ὄφρα βάσομεν ὄκχον Pi. O. 6.24.—Rare in Trag. (exc. in compds.), E. Med. 209 (lyr.).—The simple Verb is uncommon in later Gr. (For βάμ-yω, cf. Lat. venio, Skt. gamyáte; βάσκω corresponds to Skt. gácchati (gṷṃ-sk-); root gṷem- in OHG. quëman ‘comeʼ; ἔβην, βήσομαι fr.