1. in most forms, 2. intransitive to walk, step , properly of motion on foot , ποσσὶ or ποσὶ βαίνειν (Homer), etc.; with infinitive in (Homer), βῆ ἰέναι, βῆ ἰέμεν set out to go, went his way, (Iliad by Homer); βῆ θέειν started to run, (Iliad by Homer); βῆ δ᾽ ἐλάαν, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;with accusative loci, (Sophocles Tragicus); and with all Preps. implying motion, as, ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔβαινεν was going on board ship, (Odyssey by Homer); ἐφ᾽ ἵππων βάντες having mounted the chariot, (Odyssey by Homer); βαίνειν δι᾽ αἵματος to wade through blood, (Euripides), etc. 3. in perfect to stand or be in a place, χῶρος ἐν ὧι βεβήκαμεν (Sophocles Tragicus); often almost= εἰμί (sum) , εὖ βεβηκώς on a good footing , well established, prosperous , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; so, οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες they who are in office, (Herdotus Historicus); compare ξυρόν. 4. to go, go away, depart , (Iliad by Homer); βέβηκα euphamistic for τέθνηκα, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;of things, ἐννέα ἐνιαυτοὶ βεβάασι nine years have come and gone , (Iliad by Homer) 5. to come , τίπτε βέβηκα; (Iliad by Homer): to arrive , (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. to go on, advance , ἐς τόδε τόλμης, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων (Sophocles Tragicus) 7. with accusative to mount , (Homer) only in aor1 middle, βήσασθαι δίφρον:—; Pass., ἵπποι βαινόμεναι brood mares, (Herdotus Historicus) 8. χρέος ἔβα με debts came on me, (Aristophanes Comicus) 9. in Poets, with accusative of the instrument of motion, which is simply pleonastic, βαίνειν πόδα to advance the foot, step on , (Euripides), etc. 10. Causal, in future βήσω, aor1 ἔβησα:—; to make to go , βῆσεν ἀφ᾽ ἵππον, ἐξ ἵππων βῆσε brought them down from the chariot, (Iliad by Homer) The present in this sense is βιβάζω. (ML)