βάσις

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, from the root *gʷem- (“step”). By surface analysis, βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, step”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

βᾰ́σῐς • (básis) f (genitive βᾰ́σεως); third declension

stepping, step; (collective) steps
measured step or movement; rhythmical or metrical movement
1. (rhetoric) rhythmical close of a sentence; clause forming transition from protasis to apodosis
2. (prosody) metrical unit, monometer
foot, leg
base, pedestal; foundation, basement
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 14.1.14:
  τρία Μύρωνος ἔργα κολοσσικὰ ἱδρυμένα ἐπὶ μιᾶς βάσεως
  of these, three of colossal size, the work of Myron, stood upon one base
(geometry) base of a solid or plane figure
position, fixedness
Antonym: φορᾱ́ (phorā́)
(astrology) horoscope
Synonym: ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos)

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Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰ́σῐς hē básis	τὼ βᾰ́σει tṑ básei	αἱ βᾰ́σεις hai báseis
Genitive	τῆς βᾰ́σεως tês báseōs	τοῖν βᾰσέοιν toîn baséoin	τῶν βᾰ́σεων tôn báseōn
Dative	τῇ βᾰ́σει têi básei	τοῖν βᾰσέοιν toîn baséoin	ταῖς βᾰ́σεσῐ / βᾰ́σεσῐν taîs básesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βᾰ́σῐν tḕn básin	τὼ βᾰ́σει tṑ básei	τᾱ̀ς βᾰ́σεις tā̀s báseis
Vocative	βᾰ́σῐ bási	βᾰ́σει básei	βᾰ́σεις báseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants of βᾰ́σῐς in other languages

“βάσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press