βῆμα1
βῆμα, Aeol. and Dor.
βᾶμα,
ατος,
τό,(
βαίνω)
2). step, as a measure of length, = 10 παλαισταί, about 2 1 / 2 feet, Hero *Deff. 131 .
3). metaph.,
step, 'moment',
πρόοδος ἐν τρισὶ β. διισταμένη Dam. Pr. 258 .
II). =
βάθρον ,
step, seat,
S. OC 193 (lyr.).
2). raised place or
tribune to speak from in a public assembly, etc.,
Th. 2.34 ,
LXX Ne. 8.4 , etc.; in the Pnyx at Athens,
ἐπὶ τὸ β. ἀναβῆναι enter
public life,
D. 18.66 ;
αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἐλπίδες Id. 4.45 ; also in the lawcourts,
Id. 48.31 ,
Aeschin. 3.207 ; of a suppliant,
ἐπὶ τοῦ β. καθεδούμενον Ar. Pl. 382 ; in the
βουλευτήριον,
Antipho 6.40 .
b). tribunal of a magistrate, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος β. PTeb. 434 (ii A. D.).
4). base, pedestal, OGI 219.36 (Ilium, iii B. C.), 299.15 (Pergam., ii B. C.).
ShortDef
a step, pace; a platform
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Headword (normalized):
βῆμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βημα1
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-19842
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">βῆμα</span>, Aeol. and Dor. <span class="orth greek">βᾶμα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ατος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>,(<span class="etym greek">βαίνω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">step, pace,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">h.Merc.</span> 222 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 345 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.43 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:799" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:799/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 799 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">σπουδῇ .. βημάτων πορεύεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:880" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:880/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 880 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοσόνδε β. διαβεβηκώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 73 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">footfall</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐρατὸν βᾶμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:5:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:5.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 5.17 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Διὸς εὔφρονι βήματι μολεῖν</span> to journey under the kindly <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">guidance</span> of Zeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 163 </a> (lyr.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gait</span>, <span class="quote greek">β. οὐκ ὀρθόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hippiatr.</span> 27 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">step</span>, as a measure of length, = <span class="bibl"> 10 </span> <span class="foreign greek">παλαισταί</span>, about <span class="bibl"> 2 </span> <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>/<span class="bibl"> 2 </span> feet, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">*Deff.</span> <span class="bibl"> 131 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">step, \'moment\'</span>, <span class="quote greek">πρόοδος ἐν τρισὶ β. διισταμένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:258/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 258 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">βάθρον</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">step, seat</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:193/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 193 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">raised place</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tribune</span> to speak from in a public assembly, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.34 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg018:8:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg018:8.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ne.</span> 8.4 </a>, etc.; in the Pnyx at Athens, <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ τὸ β. ἀναβῆναι</span> enter <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">public life</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.66 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἐλπίδες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.45 </a> ; also in the lawcourts, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg048.perseus-grc1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg048.perseus-grc1:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 48.31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.207 </a>; of a suppliant, <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τοῦ β. καθεδούμενον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:382" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:382/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 382 </a> ; in the <span class="foreign greek">βουλευτήριον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 6.40 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tribunal</span> of a magistrate, <span class="quote greek">τοῦ ἡγεμόνος β.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 434 </span> (ii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">θυμέλη</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:4:123" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:4.123/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 4.123 </a>; <span class="quote greek">β. θεήτρου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 3.239 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base, pedestal</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 219.36 </span> (Ilium, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> 299.15 </span> (Pergam., ii B. C.).</div> </div><br><br>'}