βάτος

βάτος

See also: βατός and Βάττος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Probably a Mediterranean substrate word common to μαντία (mantía, “blackberry”) and Albanian man (“mulberry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tos/ → /ˈβa.tos/ → /ˈva.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/

Noun

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

1. blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius)

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βατία (batía)
• βατίον (batíon)
• βατοδρόπος (batodrópos)
• βατόεις (batóeis)

Descendants

• English: batology

Etymology 2

From Hebrew בַּת‎ (bath).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tos/ → /ˈβa.tos/ → /ˈva.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• βάτος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βάτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βάτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos), said by Beekes to be a Mediterranean wanderwort; compared are μαντία (mantía, “blackberry”) (Dacian loan), Albanian man (“mulberry”), Gheg mand.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tos/ → /ˈβa.tos/ → /ˈva.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/

Noun

βάτος • (vátos) m or f (plural βάτοι)

1. bramble

Declension

declension of βάτος

	singular	plural
nominative	βάτος •	βάτοι •
genitive	βάτου •	βάτων •
accusative	βάτο •	βάτους •
vocative	βάτε •	βάτοι •

Related terms

• vatómouro n (vatómouro, “blackberry”)

Further reading

• βατόμουρο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill