βιβάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From an unattested verb *βίβημι (*bíbēmi), from a reduplicated version of the root of ἔβην (ébēn), the aorist of βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bi.bǎːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /biˈbas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βiˈβas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /viˈvas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /viˈvas/
Participle
βῐβᾱ́ς • (bibā́s)
- 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,
- ... nérthe dè possìn
- ... νέρθε δὲ ποσσὶν
Inflection
First and third declension of βῐβᾱ́ς; βῐβᾶσᾰ; βῐβᾰ́ν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | βῐβᾱ́ς bibā́s | βῐβᾶσᾰ bibâsa | βῐβᾰ́ν bibán | βῐβᾰ́ντε bibánte | βῐβᾱ́σᾱ bibā́sā | βῐβᾰ́ντε bibánte | βῐβᾰ́ντες bibántes | βῐβᾶσαι bibâsai | βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bibánta | |||||
Genitive | βῐβᾰ́ντος bibántos | βῐβᾱ́σης bibā́sēs | βῐβᾰ́ντος bibántos | βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bibántoin | βῐβᾱ́σαιν bibā́sain | βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bibántoin | βῐβᾰ́ντων bibántōn | βῐβᾱσῶν bibāsôn | βῐβᾰ́ντων bibántōn | |||||
Dative | βῐβᾰ́ντῐ bibánti | βῐβᾱ́σῃ bibā́sēi | βῐβᾰ́ντῐ bibánti | βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bibántoin | βῐβᾱ́σαιν bibā́sain | βῐβᾰ́ντοιν bibántoin | βῐβᾶσῐ / βῐβᾶσῐν bibâsi(n) | βῐβᾱ́σαις bibā́sais | βῐβᾶσῐ / βῐβᾶσῐν bibâsi(n) | |||||
Accusative | βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bibánta | βῐβᾶσᾰν bibâsan | βῐβᾰ́ν bibán | βῐβᾰ́ντε bibánte | βῐβᾱ́σᾱ bibā́sā | βῐβᾰ́ντε bibánte | βῐβᾰ́ντᾰς bibántas | βῐβᾱ́σᾱς bibā́sās | βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bibánta | |||||
Vocative | βῐβᾱ́ς bibā́s | βῐβᾶσᾰ bibâsa | βῐβᾰ́ν bibán | βῐβᾰ́ντε bibánte | βῐβᾱ́σᾱ bibā́sā | βῐβᾰ́ντε bibánte | βῐβᾰ́ντες bibántes | βῐβᾶσαι bibâsai | βῐβᾰ́ντᾰ bibánta | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βῐβᾰ́ντως bibántōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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References
- βίβημι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press