A.“βαίμεναι” Hsch.), fut. “βήσομαι” Il.2.339, etc., Dor. “βα_σεῦμαι” Theoc.2.8, etc.: pf. “βέβηκα” Il.15.90, etc., Dor. “βέβα_κα” Pi.I.4(3).41, etc., with shortd. forms “βεβάα_σι” Il.2.134, contr. “βεβᾶσι” A.Pers. 1002 (lyr.), Eu.76, etc.; subj. βεβῶσι （ἐμ-) Pl.Phdr.252e; inf. “βεβάμεν” Il.17.359, “βεβάναι” E.Heracl.610 (lyr.); part. “βεβαώς, -αυῖα” Il.14.477, Hom.Epigr.15.10, contr. βεβώς: plpf. “ἐβεβήκειν” Il.11.296, etc., Ep. “βεβήκειν” 6.495; sync. 3pl. “βέβα^σαν” 17.286, etc.: aor. 2 “ἔβην” Il. 17.112, etc., Dor. “ἔβα_ν” Pi.O.13.97, etc.; Ep. 3sg. “βῆ” Il.13.297, Ep. 3dual βάτην [α^] 1.327, 3pl. “ἔβαν” A.Pers.18 (lyr.), (κατ-) S.Tr.504 (lyr.), Ep. “βάν” Il.20.32; imper. βῆθι, Dor. “βᾶθι” S.Ph.1196 (lyr.); βα_ in compds. ἔμβα, κατάβα, etc., 2pl. “βᾶτε” A.Supp.191, Eu.1033 (lyr.); subj. βῶ, Ep. 3sg. βήῃ （ὑπερ-) Il.9.501, “βήω” 6.113, “ἐμ-βέῃ” GDI5075.4 (Cret.), Dor. βᾶμες (for βῶμεν) Theoc.15.22; opt. βαίην; inf. βῆναι (Att. Prose only in compds.), Ep. “βήμεναι” Od.19.296, Dor. “βᾶμεν” Pi.P.4.39; part. βάς βᾶσα βάν, Dor. pl. “ἐκ-βῶντας” Th.5.77:— Med., Ep.aor.1 ἐβήσετο （ἀπ-) Il.1.428:—Pass., pres. (v. infr.A.11.1): in compds., aor. ἀν-, παρ-, ξυν-εβάθην, X.Eq.3.4, Th.3.67, 4.30; later “παρ-εβάνθην” D.C.48.2,al.; ἀνα-, παρα-, ξυμ-βέβα^μαι, X.Eq.Mag.1.4, Th.1.123, 8.98; “παρα-βέβασμαι” D.17.12: fut. παρα-βαθήσομαι Sch.E. Hec.802.—For the Act. fut. and aor. 1, v. infr. B; for pres. part. βιβάς, v. βίβημι.—In correct Att. Prose the pres. βαίνω is almost the only tense in use; but in compds. Prose writers used all tenses freely.
A. in the above tenses,
I. 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 ῥ᾽ 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.” A.Ag.936, cf. 924; march or dance, μετὰ ῥυθμοῦ, ἐν ῥυθμῷ, Th.5.70, Pl.Lg.670b: freq. c. inf. in Hom., βῆ δ᾽ ἰέναι set out to go, went his way, Il.4.199, etc.; “βῆ δ᾽ ἴμεν” 5.167, etc.; βῆ δὲ θέειν started to run, 2.183, etc.; “βῆ δ᾽ ἐλάαν” 13.27: c. acc. loci, “νέας” Od.3.162, cf. S.OT153 (lyr.), OC378; ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔβαινεν was going on board ship, Od.11.534; but “ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ [νηῒ] . . ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι βαῖνον” were on board, Il.2.510; ἐφ᾽ ἵππων βάντες having mounted the chariot, 18.532; ἐπὶ πώλου βεβῶσα mounted on . . , S.OC313; “ἐς δίφρον” Il.5.364; “ἐς ἅρματα” E.El.320; βαίνειν δι᾽ αἵματος wade in blood, Id.Ph. 20.
2. in pf., stand or be in a place, “χῶρος ἐν ᾧ βεβήκαμεν” S.OC52; 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 κλίνουσ᾽” 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 δὲ κεχηνός” Eub.107.23; οἱ ἐν τέλει ἐόντες, βεβῶτες, they who arein office, Hdt.9.106, S.Ant.67; τοῦτον οὐχ ὁρῇς ὅκως βέβη-[κεν] ἀνδριάντα; Herod.4.36; [“λίθους] ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις χώραις βεβηκότας” IG7.3073.163 (Lebad.); “ἐν κακοῖς βεβ.” S.El.1057; μοίρᾳ οὐκ ἐν ἐσθλᾷ β. ib.1095 (lyr.); βοῦς, κλεὶς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκεν, v. βοῦς IV, “κλείς” 4; “φρόνει βεβὼς ἐπὶ ξυροῦ τύχης” S.Ant.996.
b. Geom. of figures, stand on a base, “ἐπί τινος” Arist.IA709a24, 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.
3. go away, depart, “ἐν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδ᾽” Il.12.16; ἔβαν ἄγοντες, ἔβαν φέρουσαι, have gone and taken away, 1.391, 2.302; “ἄφαρ βέβακεν” S.Tr. 134; “θανάσιμος βέβηκεν” Id.OT959, cf. 832; “βεβᾶσι φροῦδοι” E.IT1289; 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.
6. c. part. as periphr. for fut., “βαίνω καταγγέλλων” PMag.Par.1.2474.
II. 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.HA575a13, etc.:—in Pass., ἵπποι βαινόμεναι brood mares, Hdt.1.192.
2. 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. metaph. of metre, scan, D.H.Comp.21 (Pass.), Aristid. Quint.1.23,24, etc.; “βαίνεται τὸ ἔπος” is scanned, Arist.Metaph.1093a30.
5. βαίνειν: φιλεῖν, κολακεύειν, Hsch.
B. Causal, in fut. βήσω, （ἐπι-) Il.8.197, (εἰσ-) E.IT742: aor. 1 ἔβησα—make to go, φῶτας βῆσεν ἀφ᾽ 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 (g[uglide]ṃ-sk-); root g[uglide]em- in OHG. quëman 'come'; ἔβην, βήσομαι fr. root g[uglide]ā-, Skt. jigāti, aor. ágāt.）
