βαδίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

βάδην (bádēn), from βαίνω (baínō), with the suffix -ίζω (-ízō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.díz.dɔː/ → /βaˈði.zo/ → /vaˈði.zo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.díz.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈdi.zo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈði.zo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈði.zo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈði.zo/

Verb

βᾰδῐ́ζω • (badízō)

1. (intransitive) to go, to go about
   1. travel by foot
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Hymn to Hermes 210:

        ἐπιστροφάδην δ' ἐβάδιζεν

        epistrophádēn d' ebádizen

        he was walking from side to side.

      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Against Callimachus 18.5:

        μετ' αὐτοῦ βαδίζων

        met' autoû badízōn

        walking with him

      • 519 BCE – 422 BCE, Cratinus, Fragment 43:

        ὁ δ' ἠλίθιος ὥσπερ πρόβατον βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει

        ho d' ēlíthios hṓsper próbaton bê bê légōn badízei

        And the fool goes around like a sheep saying "baa, baa".

      • 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis, Fragment :

        τὸ βαδίζειν ἀρρύθμως ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς

        tò badízein arrhúthmōs en taîs hodoîs

        to walk unrhythmically in the streets.

      • 200 CE – 300 CE, Aristides Quintilianus, On Music :

        εὐρύθμως βαδίζειν

        eurúthmōs badízein

        to walk rythmically.

      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Aegineticus :

        τετρωμένον ... καὶ βαδίζειν οὐ δυνάμενον

        tetrōménon ... kaì badízein ou dunámenon

        injured and unable to walk.

      • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Commentary on the Hippocratic Epidemics :

        ἐπὶ τῶν τεττάρων ποδῶν βαδίζειν ἐπεχείρησεν

        epì tôn tettárōn podôn badízein epekheírēsen

      • 40 CE – 115 CE, Dio Chrysostom, Discourses 10.8:

        ἆρα οὐχ ... ἀνυπόδητος βαδίσεις;

        âra oukh ... anupódētos badíseis?

      1. (also in the mediopassive)
         • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 190d:

           καὶ βαδιοῦνται ὀρθοὶ ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν.

           kaì badioûntai orthoì epì duoîn skeloîn.

           and they shall walk upright on two legs.

      2. (of an army) March
         • Anonymous, Hellenica Oxyrhynchia 11.6
         • 100 CE – 200 CE, Aelianus Tacticus, On Tactical Arrays of the Greeks 36.4
         • 37 CE – 100 CE, Josephus, Against Apion 2.24
      3. (in opposition to τρέχω and πλέω)
         • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 468a:

           καθῆσθαι καὶ βαδίζειν καὶ τρέχειν καὶ πλεῖν

           kathêsthai kaì badízein kaì trékhein kaì pleîn

           sitting, walking, running, sailing

         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.3.10:

           ὥσπερ τὸ βαδίζειν καὶ τρέχειν

           hṓsper tò badízein kaì trékhein

           like walking and running

Inflection

   Present: βαδίζω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	βαδίζω	βαδίζεις	βαδίζει	βαδίζετον	βαδίζετον	βαδίζομεν	βαδίζετε	βαδίζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	βαδίζω	βαδίζῃς	βαδίζῃ	βαδίζητον	βαδίζητον	βαδίζωμεν	βαδίζητε	βαδίζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	βαδίζοιμῐ	βαδίζοις	βαδίζοι	βαδίζοιτον	βαδιζοίτην	βαδίζοιμεν	βαδίζοιτε	βαδίζοιεν
	imperative		βάδιζε	βαδιζέτω	βαδίζετον	βαδιζέτων		βαδίζετε	βαδιζόντων
		active
infinitive		βαδίζειν
participle	m	βαδίζων
	f	βαδίζουσᾰ
	n	βαδῖζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐβάδιζον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐβάδιζον	ἐβάδιζες	ἐβάδιζε(ν)	ἐβαδίζετον	ἐβαδιζέτην	ἐβαδίζομεν	ἐβαδίζετε	ἐβάδιζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: βᾰδιέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	βᾰδιέομαι	βᾰδιέῃ, βᾰδιέει	βᾰδιέεται	βᾰδιέεσθον	βᾰδιέεσθον	βᾰδιεόμεθᾰ	βᾰδιέεσθε	βᾰδιέονται
	optative	βᾰδιεοίμην	βᾰδιέοιο	βᾰδιέοιτο	βᾰδιέοισθον	βᾰδιεοίσθην	βᾰδιεοίμεθᾰ	βᾰδιέοισθε	βᾰδιέοιντο
					middle
infinitive					βᾰδιέεσθαι
participle	m				βᾰδιεόμενος
	f				βᾰδιεομένη
	n				βᾰδιεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: βᾰδιοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	βᾰδιοῦμαι	βᾰδιῇ	βᾰδιεῖται	βᾰδιεῖσθον	βᾰδιεῖσθον	βᾰδιούμεθᾰ	βᾰδιεῖσθε	βᾰδιοῦνται
	optative	βᾰδιοίμην	βᾰδιοῖο	βᾰδιοῖτο	βᾰδιοῖσθον	βᾰδιοίσθην	βᾰδιοίμεθᾰ	βᾰδιοῖσθε	βᾰδιοῖντο
					middle
infinitive					βᾰδιεῖσθαι
participle	m				βᾰδιούμενος
	f				βᾰδιουμένη
	n				βᾰδιούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐβάδισᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐβάδισᾰ	ἐβάδισᾰς	ἐβάδισε(ν)	ἐβαδίσᾰτον	ἐβαδισᾰ́την	ἐβαδίσᾰμεν	ἐβαδίσᾰτε	ἐβάδισᾰν
	subjunctive	ῶ	ῇς	ῇ	ῆτον	ῆτον	ῶμεν	ῆτε	ῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	αῖμῐ	εῖᾰς, αῖς	εῖε(ν), αῖ	αῖτον	αίτην	αῖμεν	αῖτε	εῖᾰν, αῖεν
	imperative		όν	ᾰ́τω	ᾰ́τον	ᾰ́των		ᾰ́τε	ᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		αῖ
participle	m	ᾶς
	f	ᾶσᾰ
	n	ᾰ́ν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• βάδισμα (bádisma)

 

Related terms

• βαίνω (baínō)

 

Descendants

• Greek: βαδίζω (vadízo)

Further reading

• “βαδίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βαδίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βαδίζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• βαδίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek βαδίζω (badízō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈði.zo/
• Hyphenation: βα‧δί‧ζω

Verb

βαδίζω • (vadízo) (past βάδισα, passive —)

1. to walk

Conjugation

βαδίζω   (active forms only)

	Active voice ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect ➤	Perfective aspect ➤
Non-past tenses ➤	Present ➤	Dependent ➤
1 sg	βαδίζω	βαδίσω
2 sg	βαδίζεις	βαδίσεις
3 sg	βαδίζει	βαδίσει
1 pl	βαδίζουμε, [‑ομε]	βαδίσουμε, [‑ομε]
2 pl	βαδίζετε	βαδίσετε
3 pl	βαδίζουν(ε)	βαδίσουν(ε)
Past tenses ➤	Imperfect ➤	Simple past ➤
1 sg	βάδιζα	βάδισα
2 sg	βάδιζες	βάδισες
3 sg	βάδιζε	βάδισε
1 pl	βαδίζαμε	βαδίσαμε
2 pl	βαδίζατε	βαδίσατε
3 pl	βάδιζαν, βαδίζαν(ε)	βάδισαν, βαδίσαν(ε)
Future tenses ➤	Continuous ➤	Simple ➤
1 sg	θα βαδίζω ➤	θα βαδίσω ➤
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl	θα βαδίζεις, …	θα βαδίσεις, …
	Perfect aspect ➤
Present perfect ➤	έχω, έχεις, … βαδίσει
Past perfect ➤	είχα, είχες, … βαδίσει
Future perfect ➤	θα έχω, θα έχεις, … βαδίσει
Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).
Imperative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect	Perfective aspect
2 sg	βάδιζε	βάδισε
2 pl	βαδίζετε	βαδίστε
Other forms
Active present participle ➤	βαδίζοντας ➤
Active perfect participle ➤	έχοντας βαδίσει ➤
Passive perfect participle ➤	—
Nonfinite form ➤	βαδίσει
Notes     Appendix:Greek verbs	• (…) optional or informal.   […] rare.   {…} learned, archaic.  • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency.  • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

Synonyms

• περπατώ (perpató)

Related terms

• βάδην (vádin)
• βάδιση f (vádisi)
• βάδισμα n (vádisma)
• βαδιστής m (vadistís)
• θεοβάδιστος (theovádistos)
• πλαγιοβάδιση f (plagiovádisi)
• προβάδισμα n (provádisma)
• συμβαδίζω (symvadízo)

Further reading

• βαδίζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language