Βάδην
step-by-step
Translated by John Arnold7 Jul 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Referring to someone] proceeding at a walk.1
"Some he sent off ahead, but he himself, leading the army in a square formation, withdrew step-by-step."2
And elsewhere: "following step-by-step and in a leisurely fashion."3
Aristophanes [writes]: "[the] Megarians, when they were starving step-by-step, appealed to [the] Spartans".4 Meaning they were starving, they were being destroyed by famine.*ba/dhn means that the famine was increasing little by little and incrementally, growing in size.
"Some he sent off ahead, but he himself, leading the army in a square formation, withdrew step-by-step."2
And elsewhere: "following step-by-step and in a leisurely fashion."3
Aristophanes [writes]: "[the] Megarians, when they were starving step-by-step, appealed to [the] Spartans".4 Meaning they were starving, they were being destroyed by famine.