βῆμα

See also: βήμα and Βήμα

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷā́mə, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₂mn̥, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”) (whence ἔβην (ébēn)). Compare βωμός (bōmós).

βῆμᾰ • (bêma) n (genitive βήμᾰτος); third declension (Attic, Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα ἀναβαίνω (epì tò bêma anabaínō, “to enter public life”, literally “to get up onto the tribune”)

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)

“βῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.