βατός
See also: βάτος and Βάττος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From zero-grade of the root of ἔβην (ébēn), the aorist of βαίνω (baínō, “to go”), + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈtos/
Adjective
βᾰτός • (batós) m (feminine βᾰτή, neuter βᾰτόν); first/second declension
- able to be gone through: passable, accessible
- speeding
Inflection
First and second declension of βᾰτός; βᾰτή; βᾰτόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | βᾰτός batós | βᾰτή batḗ | βᾰτόν batón | βᾰτώ batṓ | βᾰτᾱ́ batā́ | βᾰτώ batṓ | βᾰτοί batoí | βᾰταί bataí | βᾰτᾰ́ batá | |||||
Genitive | βᾰτοῦ batoû | βᾰτῆς batês | βᾰτοῦ batoû | βᾰτοῖν batoîn | βᾰταῖν bataîn | βᾰτοῖν batoîn | βᾰτῶν batôn | βᾰτῶν batôn | βᾰτῶν batôn | |||||
Dative | βᾰτῷ batôi | βᾰτῇ batêi | βᾰτῷ batôi | βᾰτοῖν batoîn | βᾰταῖν bataîn | βᾰτοῖν batoîn | βᾰτοῖς batoîs | βᾰταῖς bataîs | βᾰτοῖς batoîs | |||||
Accusative | βᾰτόν batón | βᾰτήν batḗn | βᾰτόν batón | βᾰτώ batṓ | βᾰτᾱ́ batā́ | βᾰτώ batṓ | βᾰτούς batoús | βᾰτᾱ́ς batā́s | βᾰτᾰ́ batá | |||||
Vocative | βᾰτέ baté | βᾰτή batḗ | βᾰτόν batón | βᾰτώ batṓ | βᾰτᾱ́ batā́ | βᾰτώ batṓ | βᾰτοί batoí | βᾰταί bataí | βᾰτᾰ́ batá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βᾰτῶς batôs | βᾰτώτερος batṓteros | βᾰτώτᾰτος batṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (passable): βέβηλος (bébēlos)
References
- βατός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βατός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Adjective
βατός • (vatós) m
- able to be gone through: passable, accessible
- (figuratively) easy (requiring little effort or skill)
Declension
declension of βατός
number case / gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | βατός | βατή | βατό | βατοί | βατές | βατά |
genitive | βατού | βατής | βατού | βατών | βατών | βατών |
accusative | βατό | βατή | βατό | βατούς | βατές | βατά |
vocative | βατέ | βατή | βατό | βατοί | βατές | βατά |
derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο βατός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο βατός (o pio vatós), etc.) |
Antonyms
- άβατος (ávatos)
- αδιάβατος (adiávatos)