βῆμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From βᾱ- (bā-), the long form of the stem of βαίνω (baínō, “to step”), + -μᾰ (-ma, result noun–forming suffix).
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)
Declension
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
References
- “βῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Attic Greek
- Ionic Greek