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, “altar”).[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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