βαδίζω

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word βαδίζω. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word βαδίζω, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say βαδίζω in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word βαδίζω you have here. The definition of the word βαδίζω will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofβαδίζω, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

βάδην (bádēn), from βαίνω (baínō), with the suffix -ίζω (-ízō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

βᾰδῐ́ζω (badízō)

  1. (intransitive) to go, to go about
    1. travel by foot
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Hymn to Hermes 210:
        ἐπιστροφάδην δ' ἐβάδιζεν
        epistrophádēn d' ebádizen
        he was walking from side to side.
      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Against Callimachus 18.5:
        μετ' αὐτοῦ βαδίζων
        met' autoû badízōn
        walking with him
      • 519 BCE – 422 BCE, Cratinus, Fragment 43:
        ὁ δ' ἠλίθιος ὥσπερ πρόβατον βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει
        ho d' ēlíthios hṓsper próbaton bê bê légōn badízei
        And the fool goes around like a sheep saying "baa, baa".
      • 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis, Fragment :
        τὸ βαδίζειν ἀρρύθμως ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς
        tò badízein arrhúthmōs en taîs hodoîs
        to walk unrhythmically in the streets.
      • 200 CE – 300 CE, Aristides Quintilianus, On Music :
        εὐρύθμως βαδίζειν
        eurúthmōs badízein
        to walk rythmically.
      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Aegineticus :
        τετρωμένον ... καὶ βαδίζειν οὐ δυνάμενον
        tetrōménon ... kaì badízein ou dunámenon
        injured and unable to walk.
      • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Commentary on the Hippocratic Epidemics :
        ἐπὶ τῶν τεττάρων ποδῶν βαδίζειν ἐπεχείρησεν
        epì tôn tettárōn podôn badízein epekheírēsen
      • 40 CE – 115 CE, Dio Chrysostom, Discourses 10.8:
        ἆρα οὐχ ... ἀνυπόδητος βαδίσεις;
        âra oukh ... anupódētos badíseis?
      1. (also in the mediopassive)
        • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 190d:
          καὶ βαδιοῦνται ὀρθοὶ ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν.
          kaì badioûntai orthoì epì duoîn skeloîn.
          and they shall walk upright on two legs.
      2. (of an army) March
      3. (in opposition to τρέχω and πλέω)
        • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 468a:
          καθῆσθαι καὶ βαδίζειν καὶ τρέχειν καὶ πλεῖν
          kathêsthai kaì badízein kaì trékhein kaì pleîn
          sitting, walking, running, sailing
        • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.3.10:
          ὥσπερ τὸ βαδίζειν καὶ τρέχειν
          hṓsper tò badízein kaì trékhein
          like walking and running

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: βαδίζω (vadízo)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek βαδίζω (badízō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaˈði.zo/
  • Hyphenation: βα‧δί‧ζω

Verb

βαδίζω (vadízo) (past βάδισα, passive —)

  1. to walk

Conjugation

Synonyms

Further reading