Abstract
Abstract The imperfect ἐβίβασκεν (h.Ap. 133) has generally been considered an Ionic imperfect of βίβημι / βιβάω. However, its morphosemantic characteristics instead suggest an imperfect of βιβάσκω, a derivative of the former with the suffix -σκω. This present is used in the classical period with a causative value, but in the archaic period was documented in an inchoative sense. This evolution forms part of the development of a causative present corresponding to the sigmatic aorist of βαίνω that involved different formations until the creation of βιβάζω.
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