βάδην
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of βαίνω (baínō, “to step”) + -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bá.dɛːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈba.de̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβa.ðin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈva.ðin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈva.ðin/
Adverb
βάδην • (bádēn)
- step-by-step
- more and more, gradually
- on foot
Further reading
- “βάδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βάδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βάδην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βάδην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βάδην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βάδην in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- step idem, page 815.
Greek
Adverb
βάδην • (vádin)
- walking
Antonyms
- τροχάδην (trochádin)
Noun
βάδην • (vádin) n (indeclinable)
- racewalking
See also
- see: βαδίζω (vadízo)