βαίνω

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

Ancient Greek [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Cognates include Sanskrit गच्छति (gácchati), Latin veniō and Old English cuman (English come).

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

βαίνω (bainō) future: βήσομαι aorist: ἔβησα/ἒβην perfect: βέβηκα

  1. I go, I step, I move on foot.
    • 458 BC, Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 36
      Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ μέγας βέβηκεν.
      A great ox stands on my tongue.

Inflection [edit]

References [edit]

  • βαίνω in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940