Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The present stem is from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from zero-grade of *gʷem- + *-yéti.

Cognates include Old English cuman (English come), Latin veniō, and Sanskrit गच्छति (gacchati).

The aorist ἔβην (ébēn), as well as the other tense-forms whose stems do not contain ν (n), is from Proto-Hellenic *égʷēn, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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βαίνω (baínō)

  1. (intransitive) to go, step, move on foot
  2. (transitive) to mount (a chariot)
  3. (intransitive) to depart, go away
    1. (euphemistic) to die
  4. perfect βέβηκα (bébēka): (intransitive) to stand, be somewhere
    • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 36:
      Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ μέγας βέβηκεν.
      Boûs epì glṓssēi mégas bébēken.
      A great ox stands on my tongue.
    1. (copulative) to be [with adverb ‘something’]
    2. εὖ () βεβηκώς (bebēkṓs) well off
    3. (geometry) to stand on a base
  5. future βήσω (bḗsō) and aorist ἔβησα (ébēsa): (causative) to make someone dismount

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈve.no/
  • Hyphenation: βαί‧νω

Verb

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βαίνω (vaíno) found only in the imperfective tenses only active voice

  1. (formal) to develop, go on (used in set phrases)
    Η κρίση βαίνει προς εκτόνωση.I krísi vaínei pros ektónosi.The crisis is heading toward a détente.
    όλα βαίνουν καλώςóla vaínoun kalósall is well/everything is going well

Conjugation

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Suffixes
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Note 18