βάτος

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See also: βατός and Βάττος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Said by Beekes to be a Mediterranean wanderwort; substrate common to μαντία (mantía, blackberry) (Dacian loan), and Albanian man (mulberry), Gheg mand.

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Noun

βᾰ́τος (bátosf (genitive βᾰ́του); second declension

  1. blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius)
  2. (masculine) fish, a kind of skate
    see βατίς f (batís)
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Etymology 2

From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).

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Noun

βάτος (bátosm (genitive βάτου); second declension

  1. bath, a Hebrew liquid measure
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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάτος. The fish, from βατίς f (vatís)

Pronunciation

Noun

βάτος (vátosm or f (plural βάτοι)

  1. bramble
  2. (dated, masculine only) a kind of skate fish, superorder Batoidea
    Synonyms: σαλάχι (saláchi), σελάχι (seláchi), ρίνα (rína), (dated) βατί (vatí)

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References

  1. ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia

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