βαδίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.díz.dɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈdi.zo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈði.zo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈði.zo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈði.zo/

Verb

βᾰδῐ́ζω • (badízō)

(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
    - Anonymous, Hellenica Oxyrhynchia 11.6
    - 100 CE – 200 CE, Aelianus Tacticus, On Tactical Arrays of the Greeks 36.4
    - 37 CE – 100 CE, Josephus, Against Apion 2.24
  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

Present: βᾰδῐ́ζω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	βᾰδῐ́ζω	βᾰδῐ́ζεις	βᾰδῐ́ζει	βᾰδῐ́ζετον	βᾰδῐ́ζετον	βᾰδῐ́ζομεν	βᾰδῐ́ζετε	βᾰδῐ́ζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	βᾰδῐ́ζω	βᾰδῐ́ζῃς	βᾰδῐ́ζῃ	βᾰδῐ́ζητον	βᾰδῐ́ζητον	βᾰδῐ́ζωμεν	βᾰδῐ́ζητε	βᾰδῐ́ζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	βᾰδῐ́ζοιμῐ	βᾰδῐ́ζοις	βᾰδῐ́ζοι	βᾰδῐ́ζοιτον	βᾰδῐζοίτην	βᾰδῐ́ζοιμεν	βᾰδῐ́ζοιτε	βᾰδῐ́ζοιεν
	imperative		βᾰ́δῐζε	βᾰδῐζέτω	βᾰδῐ́ζετον	βᾰδῐζέτων		βᾰδῐ́ζετε	βᾰδῐζόντων
		active
infinitive		βᾰδῐ́ζειν
participle	m	βᾰδῐ́ζων
	f	βᾰδῐ́ζουσᾰ
	n	βᾰδῐ́ζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐβᾰ́δῐζον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐβᾰ́δῐζον	ἐβᾰ́δῐζες	ἐβᾰ́δῐζε(ν)	ἐβᾰδῐ́ζετον	ἐβᾰδῐζέτην	ἐβᾰδῐ́ζομεν	ἐβᾰδῐ́ζετε	ἐβᾰ́δῐζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: βᾰδῐέω (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	βᾰδῐέω	βᾰδῐέεις	βᾰδῐέει	βᾰδῐέετον	βᾰδῐέετον	βᾰδῐέομεν	βᾰδῐέετε	βᾰδῐέουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	βᾰδῐέοιμῐ	βᾰδῐέοις	βᾰδῐέοι	βᾰδῐέοιτον	βᾰδῐεοίτην	βᾰδῐέοιμεν	βᾰδῐέοιτε	βᾰδῐέοιεν
		active
infinitive		βᾰδῐέειν
participle	m	βᾰδῐέων
	f	βᾰδῐέουσᾰ
	n	βᾰδῐέον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: βᾰδῐῶ (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	βᾰδῐῶ	βᾰδῐεῖς	βᾰδῐεῖ	βᾰδῐεῖτον	βᾰδῐεῖτον	βᾰδῐοῦμεν	βᾰδῐεῖτε	βᾰδῐοῦσῐ(ν)
active	optative	βᾰδῐοίην, βᾰδῐοῖμῐ	βᾰδῐοίης, βᾰδῐοῖς	βᾰδῐοίη, βᾰδῐοῖ	βᾰδῐοῖτον, βᾰδῐοίητον	βᾰδῐοίτην, βᾰδῐοιήτην	βᾰδῐοῖμεν, βᾰδῐοίημεν	βᾰδῐοῖτε, βᾰδῐοίητε	βᾰδῐοῖεν, βᾰδῐοίησᾰν
		active
infinitive		βᾰδῐεῖν
participle	m	βᾰδῐῶν
	f	βᾰδῐοῦσᾰ
	n	βᾰδῐοῦν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἐβᾰ́δῐσᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐβᾰ́δῐσᾰ	ἐβᾰ́δῐσᾰς	ἐβᾰ́δῐσε(ν)	ἐβᾰδῐ́σᾰτον	ἐβᾰδῐσᾰ́την	ἐβᾰδῐ́σᾰμεν	ἐβᾰδῐ́σᾰτε	ἐβᾰ́δῐσᾰν
	subjunctive	βᾰδῐ́σω	βᾰδῐ́σῃς	βᾰδῐ́σῃ	βᾰδῐ́σητον	βᾰδῐ́σητον	βᾰδῐ́σωμεν	βᾰδῐ́σητε	βᾰδῐ́σωσῐ(ν)
	optative	βᾰδῐ́σαιμῐ	βᾰδῐ́σειᾰς, βᾰδῐ́σαις	βᾰδῐ́σειε(ν), βᾰδῐ́σαι	βᾰδῐ́σαιτον	βᾰδῐσαίτην	βᾰδῐ́σαιμεν	βᾰδῐ́σαιτε	βᾰδῐ́σειᾰν, βᾰδῐ́σαιεν
	imperative		βᾰ́δῐσον	βᾰδῐσᾰ́τω	βᾰδῐ́σᾰτον	βᾰδῐσᾰ́των		βᾰδῐ́σᾰτε	βᾰδῐσᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		βᾰδῐ́σαι
participle	m	βᾰδῐ́σᾱς
	f	βᾰδῐ́σᾱσᾰ
	n	βᾰδῐ́σᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: βεβᾰ́δῐκᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	βεβᾰ́δῐκᾰ	βεβᾰ́δῐκᾰς	βεβᾰ́δῐκε(ν)	βεβᾰδῐ́κᾰτον	βεβᾰδῐ́κᾰτον	βεβᾰδῐ́κᾰμεν	βεβᾰδῐ́κᾰτε	βεβᾰδῐ́κᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	βεβᾰδῐ́κω	βεβᾰδῐ́κῃς	βεβᾰδῐ́κῃ	βεβᾰδῐ́κητον	βεβᾰδῐ́κητον	βεβᾰδῐ́κωμεν	βεβᾰδῐ́κητε	βεβᾰδῐ́κωσῐ(ν)
	optative	βεβᾰδῐ́κοιμῐ, βεβᾰδῐκοίην	βεβᾰδῐ́κοις, βεβᾰδῐκοίης	βεβᾰδῐ́κοι, βεβᾰδῐκοίη	βεβᾰδῐ́κοιτον	βεβᾰδῐκοίτην	βεβᾰδῐ́κοιμεν	βεβᾰδῐ́κοιτε	βεβᾰδῐ́κοιεν
	imperative		βεβᾰ́δῐκε	βεβᾰδῐκέτω	βεβᾰδῐ́κετον	βεβᾰδῐκέτων		βεβᾰδῐ́κετε	βεβᾰδῐκόντων
		active
infinitive		βεβᾰδῐκέναι
participle	m	βεβᾰδῐκώς
	f	βεβᾰδῐκυῖᾰ
	n	βεβᾰδῐκός
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Pluperfect: ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κειν

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κειν, ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κη	ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κεις, ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κης	ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κει(ν)	ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κετον	ἐβεβᾰδῐκέτην	ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κεμεν	ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κετε	ἐβεβᾰδῐ́κεσᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: βᾰδίσομαι (later)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	βᾰδίσομαι	βᾰδίσῃ, βᾰδίσει	βᾰδίσεται	βᾰδίσεσθον	βᾰδίσεσθον	βᾰδισόμεθᾰ	βᾰδίσεσθε	βᾰδίσονται
middle	optative	βᾰδισοίμην	βᾰδίσοιο	βᾰδίσοιτο	βᾰδίσοισθον	βᾰδισοίσθην	βᾰδισοίμεθᾰ	βᾰδίσοισθε	βᾰδίσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					βᾰδίσεσθαι
participle	m				βᾰδισόμενος
	f				βᾰδισομένη
	n				βᾰδισόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

βάδισμα (bádisma)

Descendants

Greek: βαδίζω (vadízo)

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek βαδίζω (badízō).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

βαδίζω • (vadízo) (past βάδισα, passive —)

walk

Conjugation

βαδίζω (active forms only)

	Active voice ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect ➤	Perfective aspect ➤
Non-past tenses ➤	Present ➤	Dependent ➤
1 sg	βαδίζω	βαδίσω
2 sg	βαδίζεις	βαδίσεις
3 sg	βαδίζει	βαδίσει

1 pl	βαδίζουμε, [‑ομε]	βαδίσουμε, [‑ομε]
2 pl	βαδίζετε	βαδίσετε
3 pl	βαδίζουν(ε)	βαδίσουν(ε)

Past tenses ➤	Imperfect ➤	Simple past ➤
1 sg	βάδιζα	βάδισα
2 sg	βάδιζες	βάδισες
3 sg	βάδιζε	βάδισε

1 pl	βαδίζαμε	βαδίσαμε
2 pl	βαδίζατε	βαδίσατε
3 pl	βάδιζαν, βαδίζαν(ε)	βάδισαν, βαδίσαν(ε)

Future tenses ➤	Continuous ➤	Simple ➤
1 sg	θα βαδίζω ➤	θα βαδίσω ➤
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl	θα βαδίζεις, …	θα βαδίσεις, …

	Perfect aspect ➤
Present perfect ➤	έχω, έχεις, … βαδίσει
Past perfect ➤	είχα, είχες, … βαδίσει
Future perfect ➤	θα έχω, θα έχεις, … βαδίσει

Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).

Imperative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect	Perfective aspect
2 sg	βάδιζε	βάδισε
2 pl	βαδίζετε	βαδίστε

Other forms
Active present participle ➤	βαδίζοντας ➤
Active perfect participle ➤	έχοντας βαδίσει ➤
Passive perfect participle ➤	—

Nonfinite form ➤	βαδίσει


Notes Appendix:Greek verbs	• (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

Synonyms

περπατώ (perpató)

Related terms

βάδην (vádin)
βάδιση f (vádisi)
βάδισμα n (vádisma)
βαδιστής m (vadistís)
θεοβάδιστος (theovádistos)
πλαγιοβάδιση f (plagiovádisi)
προβάδισμα n (provádisma)
συμβαδίζω (symvadízo)

βαδίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Synonyms

Related terms

Further reading