Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Βάττος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Βάττος Βάττη Βάττον

Structure: Βαττ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Formed from the sound.

Sense

  1. stammerer

Examples

  • οὐδ’ ἂν εἰ δοίησ γέ μοι τὸν Πλοῦτον αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ Βάττου σίλφιον. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 2:29)
  • Βάττου τοῦ ἐπικληθέντοσ Εὐδαίμονοσ υἱὸσ Ἀρκεσίλαοσ · (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1)
  • μέγιστον δ’ αὐτῆσ ἦν ἀξίωμα, Βάττου γεγενημένησ ἀδελφῆσ τοῦ Εὐδαίμονοσ. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 6:2)
  • Βάττου τοῦ ἐπικληθέντοσ Εὐδαίμονοσ υἱὸσ Ἀρκεσίλαοσ ἦν οὐδὲν ὅμοιοσ τῷ πατρὶ τοὺσ,· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1)
  • μέγιστον δ’ αὐτῆσ ἦν ἀξίωμα, Βάττου γεγενημένησ ἀδελφῆσ τοῦ Εὐδαίμονοσ. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. stammerer

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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