βῆμα
See also: βήμα and Βήμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βᾶμᾰ (bâma) – Doric, Aeolic
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷā́mə, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₂mn̥, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”) (whence ἔβην (ébēn)). Compare βωμός (bōmós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ma/
Noun
βῆμᾰ • (bêma) n (genitive βήμᾰτος); third declension (Attic, Ionic)
- a step, pace, footfall, gait
- raised place or tribune from which men spoke in a public assembly
Declension
Third declension of τὸ βῆμᾰ; τοῦ βήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βῆμᾰ tò bêma | τὼ βήμᾰτε tṑ bḗmate | τᾰ̀ βήμᾰτᾰ tà bḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βήμᾰτος toû bḗmatos | τοῖν βημᾰ́τοιν toîn bēmátoin | τῶν βημᾰ́των tôn bēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βήμᾰτῐ tôi bḗmati | τοῖν βημᾰ́τοιν toîn bēmátoin | τοῖς βήμᾰσῐ / βήμᾰσῐν toîs bḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βῆμᾰ tò bêma | τὼ βήμᾰτε tṑ bḗmate | τᾰ̀ βήμᾰτᾰ tà bḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῆμᾰ bêma | βήμᾰτε bḗmate | βήμᾰτᾰ bḗmata | ||||||||||
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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)
- → Dutch: bima
- → English: bima
- → Yiddish: בימה (bime)
- → Old Armenian: բեմ (bem)
- → Old Georgian: ბემი (bemi)
References
- “βῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press