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βῆμα

bema1 · τό

step, pace

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Acts 8 · 4.44/10k
Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

βῆμα · bēma — LSJ

step, pace, footfall, guidance, gait

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

step, as a measure of length, = 10 παλαισταί, about 2 1/2 feet, Hero *Deff. 131.

3 step, ‘moment’

metaph., step, ‘moment’, πρόοδος ἐν τρισὶ β. διισταμένη Dam. Pr. 258.

II step, seat

= βάθρον, step, seat, S. OC 193 (lyr.).

2 raised place, tribune, public life

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, Antipho 6.40.

b tribunal

tribunal of a magistrate, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος β. PTeb. 434 (ii A. D.).

= θυμέλη, Poll. 4.123; β. θεήτρου IG 3.239.

4 base, pedestal

base, pedestal, OGI 219.36 (Ilium, iii B. C.), 299.15 (Pergam., ii B. C.).

In the wild

βημάτων · bēmatōn Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 796–799
βήματος · bēmatos Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..28 (DIORISIS sentence 352)
βήματος · bēmatos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 413)
βῆμα · bēma Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1357)
βῆμα · bēma Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1357)
βῆμα · bēma Epictetus, Discourses 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 2160)

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