βάτος

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

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tos/ → /ˈβべーたa.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): /ˈβべーたa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/

Noun

βべーたᾰ́τος • (bátos) f (genitive βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん); second declension

1. blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius)
2. (masculine) fish, a kind of skate

   see βατίς f (batís)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ βべーたᾰ́τος; τたうῆς βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βべーたᾰ́τος hē bátos	τたうὼ βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめが tṑ bátō	αあるふぁἱ βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおた hai bátoi
Genitive	τたうῆς βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん tês bátou	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn bátoin	τたうῶνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめがνにゅー tôn bátōn
Dative	τたうῇ βべーたᾰ́τたうῳ têi bátōi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn bátoin	τたうαあるふぁῖς βべーたᾰ́τοις taîs bátois
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんνにゅー tḕn báton	τたうὼ βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめが tṑ bátō	τたうᾱ̀ς βべーたᾰ́τους tā̀s bátous
Vocative	βべーたᾰ́τたうεいぷしろん báte	βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめが bátō	βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおた 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)
• βάτον (báton)
• κυνόσβατος (kunósbatos)

 

Descendants

• Greek: βάτος (vátos)
• → Amharic: ባጦስ (baṭos)
• → Arabic: بَاطُس (bāṭus)
• → Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ (batos)
• ⇒ English: batology
• → Ge'ez: ባጦስ (baṭos), ጳጦስ (p̣aṭos), ጰጦስ (p̣äṭos)
• → Latin: batus

Etymology 2

From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).

Alternative forms

• βάδος (bádos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tos/ → /ˈβべーたa.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): /ˈβべーたa.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 βべーたᾰ́τος; τたうοおみくろんῦ βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βべーたᾰ́τος ho bátos	τたうὼ βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめが tṑ bátō	οおみくろんἱ βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおた hoi bátoi
Genitive	τたうοおみくろんῦ βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん toû bátou	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn bátoin	τたうῶνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめがνにゅー tôn bátōn
Dative	τたうῷ βべーたᾰ́τたうῳ tôi bátōi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn bátoin	τたうοおみくろんῖς βべーたᾰ́τοις toîs bátois
Accusative	τたうὸνにゅー βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんνにゅー tòn báton	τたうὼ βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめが tṑ bátō	τたうοおみくろんὺς βべーたᾰ́τους toùs bátous
Vocative	βべーたᾰ́τたうεいぷしろん báte	βべーたᾰ́τたうωおめが bátō	βべーたᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおた 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 (2006–2024)
• 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, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/

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おみくろん •/ηいーた • βάτος •	οおみくろんιいおた • βάτοι •	τたうαあるふぁ • βάτα •
genitive	τたうοおみくろんυうぷしろん •/της • βάτου •	τたうωおめがνにゅー • βάτων •	τたうωおめがνにゅー • βάτων •
accusative	τたうοおみくろんνにゅー •/τたうηいーた • βάτο •	τους •/τις • βάτους •	τたうαあるふぁ • βάτα •
vocative (εいぷしろん!)	βάτε •	βάτοι •	βάτα •
Singular & plural: masculine and femine. Plural also neutral

Related terms

• βατόμουρο n (vatómouro, “blackberry”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: واطوس (vatos), واطوز (vatoz)
  • Turkish: vatoz
• → Romanian: vatos

Further reading

• βατόμουρο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el