Verbs beginning with β

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βαδίζω go: βαδιοῦμαι (806), βεβάδικα Aristotle, βαδιστέος. 512. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

βάζω (βακ-) speak, utter: βάξω, βέβακται. Poetic. (III.) LSJ

βαίνω (βα-, βαν-, 523 h) go: -βήσομαι (806), 2 aor. -έβην (551, 682 a, 687), βέβηκα, 2 perf. βεβᾶσι (subj. -βεβῶσι, 704 a), -βέβαμαι rare, -εβάθην rare, βατός, δια-βατέος. The simple verb appears in Att. prose only in the pres. and perf. act. Epic aor. mid. ἐβησάμην (rare) and ἐβησόμην (542 D.). Causative (make go) are βήσω poetic, ἔβησα poetic and Ion. prose. Cp. also βάσκω, βιβάω, βίβημι. 530. (III. IV.) (Attic) LSJ

βάλλω (βαλ-, βλη-, 128 a, βαλλε-) throw: βαλῶ in good prose in comp. (βαλλήσω Aristoph. of continued action), 2 aor. ἔβαλον (-όμην usu. in comp.), βέβληκα, βέβλημαι (opt. δια-βεβλῇσθε, 711 d), ἐβλήθην, fut. pass. βληθήσομαι, fut. perf. βεβλήσομαι usu. in comp., ἀπο-βλητέος. Epic forms of the fut. are ξυμβλήσεαι; of the 2 aor. act. ξυμ-βλήτην (688), ξυμ-βλήμεναι; of the 2 aor mid. as pass. ἐβλήμην (subj. βλήεται, opt. βλῇο or βλεῖο, inf. βλῆσθαι, part. βλήμενος); of the perf. 2 s. βέβληαι and 1 s. βεβόλημαι. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

βάπ-τω (βαφ-) dip: ἐμ-βάψω, ἔβαψα, βέβαμμαι, 2 aor. pass. ἐβάφην (1 aor. pass. ἐβάφθην Aristoph.), βαπτός. (II.) (Attic) LSJ

βαρύ̄νω (βαρυν-) load, annoy: βαρυνῶ, ἐβαρύνθην. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

βάσκω (βα-) go: poetic form of βαίνω. ἐπιβασκέμεν B 234 cause to go. (V.) (Attic) LSJ

βαστάζω (βασταδ-) carry: βαστάσω, ἐβάστασα. Poetic. Late forms are from βασταγ-. (III.) LSJ

βήττω (βηχ-) cough. Ion. are βήξω, ἔβηξα. (Attic) LSJ

βιβάζω (βα-) make go: usu. comp. W. ἀνά, διά, etc. in prose: -βιβάσω (-ομαι) and -βιβῶ (539 d), -εβίβασα, ἐβιβάσθην Aristotle, -βιβαστέος. 447 a, 512. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

βιβάω (βα-) step: part. βιβῶν. Epic. LSJ

βίβημι (βα-) go: part. βιβά̄ς. Epic. LSJ

βι-βρώ-σκω (βρω-) eat: βέβρωκα (2 perf. part. βεβρώς poetic), βέβρωμαι, ἐβρώθην Hdt., fut. perf. βεβρώσομαι Hom., βρωτός Eur. Epic 2 aor. ἔβρων (688). In Att. other tenses than perf. act. and pass. are supplied from ἐσθίω. (V.) (Attic) LSJ

βιόω live (for pres. and imperf. ζάω and βιοτεύω were preferred): βιώσομαι (806), ἐβίωσα rare, 2 aor. ἐβίων (687), βεβίωκα, βεβίωται (with the dat. of a pronoun), βιωτός, -τέος. (Attic) LSJ

(βιώσκομαι) usu. ἀνα-βιώσκομαι reanimate, revive intrans.: ἀν-εβίωσα late Att., intrans., ἀν-εβιωσάμην reanimated, 2 aor. ἀν-εβίων intrans. (V.) (Attic) LSJ

βλάπ-τω (βλαβ-) hurt, injure: βλάψω, ἔβλαψα, βέβλαφα, βέβλαμμαι, ἐβλάφθην and 2 aor. ἐβλάβην, fut. mid. βλάψομαι (also as pass., 809), 2 fut. pass. βλαβήσομαι, fut. perf. βεβλάψομαι Ion. Cp. βλάβομαι am injured T 82. (II.) (Attic) LSJ

βλαστ-άνω (βλαστ-, βλαστε-) sprout: 2 aor. ἔβλαστον, βεβλάστηκα (less often ἐβλάστηκα, 440 a). ἐβλάστησα Ion. and poetic. (IV.) (Attic) LSJ

βλέπω see: βλέψομαι (806), ἔβλεψα, βλεπτέος, -τός poetic. Hdt. has fut. ἀναβλέψω. βλέπομαι is rare in pass. sense. (Attic) LSJ

βλίττω for μ(β)λιτ-ῖω (from μλιτ-, cp. μέλι, μέλιτ-ος honey, 130) take honey: ἔβλισα. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

βλώ-σκω for μ(β)λω-σκω from μολ-, μλω- (130 D.) go: fut. μολοῦμαι (806), 2 aor. ἔμολον, perf. μέμβλωκα. Poetic. (V.) LSJ

βοάω shout: βοήσομαι (806), ἐβόησα. Ion. are βώσομαι, ἔβωσα, βέβωμαι, ἐβώσθην. Cp. 59 D. 1, 489 g. (Attic) LSJ

βό-σκω (βο-, βοσκ-, βοσκε-) feed: βοσκήσω and βοσκητέος Aristoph. βόσκομαι eat. (V.) (Attic) LSJ

βούλομαι (βουλ-, βουλε-) W. augment ἐβουλ- or ἠβουλ- (430) will, wish: βουλήσομαι, βεβούλημαι, ἐβουλήθην, βουλητός, -τέος Aristotle. Epic 2 perf. προβέβουλα prefer. Hom. has also βόλομαι. (Attic) LSJ

βραχ-: 2 aor. (ἔ)βραχε, βραχεῖν resound. Epic. (Attic) LSJ

βρέχω wet: ἔβρεξα, βέβρεγμαι, ἐβρέχθην. (Attic) LSJ

βρίζω slumber, am drowsy: ἔβριξα. Poetic. 512. (III.) LSJ

βρί̄θω am heavy: βρί̄σω, ἔβρῑσα, βέβρῑθα. Mainly poetic. LSJ

βροχ- swallow, often W. ἀνά, κατά: -έβροξε, 2 perf. -βέβροχε, 2 aor. pass. part. -βροχείς. The common verb is κατα-βροχθίζω (Aristoph.). Epic. (Attic) LSJ

βρύ̄κω bite, grind the teeth: βρύξω (147 c), ἔβρυξα, 2 aor. ἔβρυχον. Chiefly Ion. (Attic) LSJ

βρῡχάομαι (βρῡχ-, 486) roar: βέβρῡχα as pres. (poetic), ἀν-εβρῡχησάμην Plato, βρῡχηθείς Soph. (Attic) LSJ

βρώ-θω eat: 2 perf. opt. βεβρώθοις Δ 35. Cp. βιβρώσκω. LSJ

βῡνέω (βῡ- for βυσ-) stop up, often W. ἐπί, πρό: -βύ̄σω, -έβῡσα, βέβυσμαι, παράβυστος. Hdt. has δια-βύ̄νεται. Comic and Ion. (IV.) (Attic) LSJ