βῆμα

See also: βήμα and Βήμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷā́mə, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₂mn̥, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”) (whence ἔβην (ébēn)). Compare βωμός (bōmós).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βῆμᾰ • (bêmă) n (genitive βήμᾰτος); third declension (Attic, Ionic)

  1. a step, pace, footfall, gait
  2. raised place or tribune or podium or pulpit from which men spoke in a public assembly

Declension

Third declension of τὸ βῆμᾰ; τοῦ βήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βῆμᾰ
tò bêmă 		τὼ βήμᾰτε
tṑ bḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ βήμᾰτᾰ
tằ bḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ βήμᾰτος
toû bḗmătos 		τοῖν βημᾰ́τοιν
toîn bēmắtoin 		τῶν βημᾰ́των
tôn bēmắtōn
Dative τῷ βήμᾰτῐ
tōî bḗmătĭ 		τοῖν βημᾰ́τοιν
toîn bēmắtoin 		τοῖς βήμᾰσῐ / βήμᾰσῐν
toîs bḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ βῆμᾰ
tò bêmă 		τὼ βήμᾰτε
tṑ bḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ βήμᾰτᾰ
tằ bḗmătă
Vocative βῆμᾰ
bêmă 		βήμᾰτε
bḗmăte 		βήμᾰτᾰ
bḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα ἀναβαίνω (epì tò bêma anabaínō, “to enter public life”, literally “to get up onto the tribune”)

Descendants

  • Greek: βήμα (víma), Βήμα (Víma)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܒܝܡܐ (bēmā)
  • → Coptic: ⲃⲏⲙⲁ (bēma)
  • → English: bema
  • → Hebrew: בִּימָה (bima)
  • → Old Armenian: բեմ (bem)
  • → Old Georgian: ბემი (bemi)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαίνω (> DER > From the root βη-: βῆμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 192-3

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