βιβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an unattested verb *βίβημι (*bíbēmi), from Proto-Hellenic *gʷígʷāmi, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷígʷeh₂ti, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”) (whence ἔβην (ébēn)).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bǎːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /biˈbas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βiˈβas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /viˈvas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈvas/

Participle

βῐβᾱ́ς • (bĭbā́s)

present participle: striding
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.213:
  ... νέρθε δὲ ποσσὶν
  ἤϊε μακρὰ βιβᾱ́ς, ...
  ... nérthe dè possìn
  ḗïe makrà bibā́s, ...
  with his feet under him, [Ajax] went with great strides,

Inflection

First and third declension of βῐβᾱ́ς; βῐβᾶσᾰ; βῐβᾰ́ν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βῐβᾱ́ς bĭbā́s	βῐβᾶσᾰ bĭbâsă	βῐβᾰ́ν bĭbắn	βῐβᾰ́ντε bĭbắnte	βῐβᾱ́σᾱ bĭbā́sā	βῐβᾰ́ντε bĭbắnte	βῐβᾰ́ντες bĭbắntes	βῐβᾶσαι bĭbâsai	βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bĭbắntă
Genitive	βῐβᾰ́ντος bĭbắntos	βῐβᾱ́σης bĭbā́sēs	βῐβᾰ́ντος bĭbắntos	βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bĭbắntoin	βῐβᾱ́σαιν bĭbā́sain	βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bĭbắntoin	βῐβᾰ́ντων bĭbắntōn	βῐβᾱσῶν bĭbāsôn	βῐβᾰ́ντων bĭbắntōn
Dative	βῐβᾰ́ντῐ bĭbắntĭ	βῐβᾱ́σῃ bĭbā́sēi	βῐβᾰ́ντῐ bĭbắntĭ	βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bĭbắntoin	βῐβᾱ́σαιν bĭbā́sain	βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bĭbắntoin	βῐβᾶσῐ / βῐβᾶσῐν bĭbâsĭ(n)	βῐβᾱ́σαις bĭbā́sais	βῐβᾶσῐ / βῐβᾶσῐν bĭbâsĭ(n)
Accusative	βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bĭbắntă	βῐβᾶσᾰν bĭbâsăn	βῐβᾰ́ν bĭbắn	βῐβᾰ́ντε bĭbắnte	βῐβᾱ́σᾱ bĭbā́sā	βῐβᾰ́ντε bĭbắnte	βῐβᾰ́ντᾰς bĭbắntăs	βῐβᾱ́σᾱς bĭbā́sās	βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bĭbắntă
Vocative	βῐβᾱ́ς bĭbā́s	βῐβᾶσᾰ bĭbâsă	βῐβᾰ́ν bĭbắn	βῐβᾰ́ντε bĭbắnte	βῐβᾱ́σᾱ bĭbā́sā	βῐβᾰ́ντε bĭbắnte	βῐβᾰ́ντες bĭbắntes	βῐβᾶσαι bĭbâsai	βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bĭbắntă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	βῐβᾰ́ντως bĭbắntōs			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“βίβημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press