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.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰ́τος • (bátos) f (genitive βᾰ́του); second declension

  1. blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius)
  2. (masculine) fish, a kind of skate
    see βατίς f (batís)
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ βᾰ́τος; τῆς βᾰ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βᾰ́τος
hē bátos 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bátō 		αἱ βᾰ́τοι
hai bátoi
Genitive τῆς βᾰ́του
tês bátou 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bátoin 		τῶν βᾰ́των
tôn bátōn
Dative τῇ βᾰ́τῳ
têi bátōi 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bátoin 		ταῖς βᾰ́τοις
taîs bátois
Accusative τὴν βᾰ́τον
tḕn báton 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bátō 		τᾱ̀ς βᾰ́τους
tā̀s bátous
Vocative βᾰ́τε
báte 		βᾰ́τω
bátō 		βᾰ́τοι
bátoi
Notes:
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βάτος • (bátos) m (genitive βάτου); second declension

  1. bath, a Hebrew liquid measure
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βᾰ́τος; τοῦ βᾰ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βᾰ́τος
ho bátos 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bátō 		οἱ βᾰ́τοι
hoi bátoi
Genitive τοῦ βᾰ́του
toû bátou 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bátoin 		τῶν βᾰ́των
tôn bátōn
Dative τῷ βᾰ́τῳ
tôi bátōi 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bátoin 		τοῖς βᾰ́τοις
toîs bátois
Accusative τὸν βᾰ́τον
tòn báton 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bátō 		τοὺς βᾰ́τους
toùs bátous
Vocative βᾰ́τε
báte 		βᾰ́τω
bátō 		βᾰ́τοι
bátoi
Notes:

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάτος. The fish, from βατίς f (vatís)[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

βάτος • (vátos) m 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)

Declension

declension of βάτος (irregular, double gender, double plural)
singular (masculine-feminine) plural (masculine-feminine) plural (neutral)
nominative ο •/η • βάτος • οι • βάτοι • τα • βάτα •
genitive του •/της • βάτου • των • βάτων • των • βάτων •
accusative τον •/τη • βάτο • τους •/τις • βάτους • τα • βάτα •
vocative (ε!)   βάτε •   βάτοι •  βάτα •
Singular & plural: masculine and femine. Plural also neutral

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (21964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. (abbreviations - of authors)

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