βιβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an unattested verb *βίβημι (*bíbēmi), from Proto-Hellenic *gʷígʷāmi, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷígʷeh₂ti, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”) (whence ἔβην (ébēn)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.bǎːs/ → /βiˈβas/ → /viˈvas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bǎːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /biˈbas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βiˈβas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /viˈvas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈvas/

Participle

βῐβᾱ́ς • (bibā́s)

1. 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,

Inflection

First and third declension of βῐβᾱ́ς; βῐβᾶσᾰ; βῐβᾰ́ν (Attic)

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

References

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