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βῆμα
βῆμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Noun
βῆμᾰ • (bêma) n (genitive βήμᾰτος); third declension (Attic, Ionic)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βῆμᾰ | τὼ βήμᾰτε | τᾰ̀ βήμᾰτᾰ | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βήμᾰτος | τοῖν βημᾰ́τοιν | τῶν βημᾰ́των | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βήμᾰτῐ | τοῖν βημᾰ́τοιν | τοῖς βήμᾰσῐ | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βῆμᾰ | τὼ βήμᾰτε | τᾰ̀ βήμᾰτᾰ | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βῆμᾰ | βήμᾰτε | βήμᾰτᾰ | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα ἀναβαίνω (epì tò bêma anabaínō, “to enter public life”, literally “to get up onto the tribune”)
References
- βῆμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press