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 • (bắtos) 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 bắtos 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bắtō 		αἱ βᾰ́τοι
hai bắtoi
Genitive τῆς βᾰ́του
tês bắtou 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bắtoin 		τῶν βᾰ́των
tôn bắtōn
Dative τῇ βᾰ́τῳ
têi bắtōi 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bắtoin 		ταῖς βᾰ́τοις
taîs bắtois
Accusative τὴν βᾰ́τον
tḕn bắton 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bắtō 		τᾱ̀ς βᾰ́τους
tā̀s bắtous
Vocative βᾰ́τε
bắte 		βᾰ́τω
bắtō 		βᾰ́τοι
bắtoi
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 bắtos 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bắtō 		οἱ βᾰ́τοι
hoi bắtoi
Genitive τοῦ βᾰ́του
toû bắtou 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bắtoin 		τῶν βᾰ́των
tôn bắtōn
Dative τῷ βᾰ́τῳ
tôi bắtōi 		τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν
toîn bắtoin 		τοῖς βᾰ́τοις
toîs bắtois
Accusative τὸν βᾰ́τον
tòn bắton 		τὼ βᾰ́τω
tṑ bắtō 		τοὺς βᾰ́τους
toùs bắtous
Vocative βᾰ́τε
bắte 		βᾰ́τω
bắtō 		βᾰ́τοι
bắtoi
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 (o)/η (i) βάτος (vátos) οι (oi) βάτοι (vátoi) τα (ta) βάτα (váta)
genitive του (tou)/της (tis) βάτου (vátou) των (ton) βάτων (váton) των (ton) βάτων (váton)
accusative τον (ton)/τη (ti) βάτο (váto) τους (tous)/τις (tis) βάτους (vátous) τα (ta) βάτα (váta)
vocative (ε!)   βάτε (váte)   βάτοι (vátoi)  βάτα (váta)
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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