βάδην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of βαίνω (baínō, “to step”) +‎ -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.dɛːn/ → /ˈβa.ðin/ → /ˈva.ðin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.dɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.de̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ðin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ðin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ðin/

Adverb

βάδην • (bádēn)

1. step-by-step
2. more and more, gradually
3. on foot

Further reading

• “βάδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βάδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βάδην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βάδην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βάδην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βάδην in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • step idem, page 815.

Greek

Adverb

βάδην • (vádin)

1. walking

Antonyms

• τροχάδην (trochádin)

Noun

βάδην • (vádin) n (indeclinable)

1. racewalking

See also

• see: βαδίζω (vadízo)