- βαίνω
- to go
- 1. in most forms,
2. intr. to walk, step , properly of motion on foot , ποσσὶ or ποσὶ βαίνειν [8th/7th c.BC], etc.; c. inf. in [8th/7th c.BC], βῆ ἰέναι, βῆ ἰέμεν set out to go, went his way, [8th/7th c.BC]; βῆ θέειν started to run, [8th/7th c.BC]; βῆ δ᾽ ἐλάαν, [8th/7th c.BC], etc.:—;c. acc. loci, [Refs 5th c.BC]; and with all Preps. implying motion, as, ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔβαινεν was going on board ship, [8th/7th c.BC]; ἐφ᾽ ἵππων βάντες having mounted the chariot, [8th/7th c.BC]; βαίνειν δι᾽ αἵματος to wade through blood, [Refs 5th c.BC], etc.
3. in perf. to stand or be in a place, χῶρος ἐν ὧι βεβήκαμεν [Refs 5th c.BC]; often almost= εἰμί (sum) , εὖ βεβηκώς on a good footing , well established, prosperous , [Refs 5th c.BC], etc.; so, οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες they who are in office, [Refs 5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]; cf. ξυρόν.
4. to go, go away, depart , [8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]; βέβηκα euphem. for τέθνηκα, [6th/5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]:—;of things, ἐννέα ἐνιαυτοὶ βεβάασι nine years have come and gone , [8th/7th c.BC]
5. to come , τίπτε βέβηκα; [8th/7th c.BC]: to arrive , [Refs 5th c.BC]
6. to go on, advance , ἐς τόδε τόλμης, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων [Refs 5th c.BC]
7. c. acc. to mount , [8th/7th c.BC] only in aor1 mid., βήσασθαι δίφρον:—; Pass., ἵπποι βαινόμεναι brood mares, [Refs 5th c.BC]
8. χρέος ἔβα με debts came on me, [5th/4th c.BC]
9. in Poets, with acc. of the instrument of motion, which is simply pleonastic, βαίνειν πόδα to advance the foot, step on , [Refs 5th c.BC], etc.
10. Causal, in fut. βήσω, aor1 ἔβησα:—; to make to go , βῆσεν ἀφ᾽ ἵππον, ἐξ ἵππων βῆσε brought them down from the chariot, [8th/7th c.BC] The pres. in this sense is βιβάζω. (ML)