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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em.bá.tɛːs/ → /emˈba.tis/ → /emˈba.tis/
Etymology 1
From ἐμβαίνω (embaínō).
Noun
ἐμβᾰ́της • (embắtēs) m (genitive ἐμβᾰ́του); first declension
- a half-boot of felt
- synonym of κόθορνος (kóthornos)
- (architecture) a modulus (unit of measurement)
Declension
Further reading
- “ἐμβᾰ́της”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐμβάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐμβάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἐμβάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “ἐμβάτης”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ἐμβᾰ́της • (embắtēs) f
- genitive singular of ἐμβᾰ́τη (embắtē)