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

(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)

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
Derived forms	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