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βάτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βάτος βάτη βάτον

Structure: βατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bath

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative βάτος βά́τη βάτον
Genitive βάτου βά́της βάτου
Dative βάτῳ βά́τῃ βάτῳ
Accusative βάτον βά́την βάτον
Vocative βάτε βά́τη βάτον
DualN/A/V βάτω βά́τᾱ βάτω
G/D βάτοιν βά́ταιν βάτοιν
PluralNominative βάτοι βά́ται βάτα
Genitive βάτων βάτῶν βάτων
Dative βάτοις βά́ταις βάτοις
Accusative βάτους βά́τᾱς βάτα
Vocative βάτοι βά́ται βάτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βάτος βάτου βατώτερος βατωτέρου βατώτατος βατωτάτου
Adverb βάτως βατώτερον βατώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Γαράμαντεσ μόνοι πρόσοικοι ὄντεσ, εὐσταλὲσ καὶ κοῦφον ἔθνοσ, ἄνθρωποι σκηνῖται, ἀπὸ θήρασ τὰ πολλὰ ζῶντεσ, ἐνίοτε οὗτοι ἐσβάλλουσι θηράσοντεσ ἀμφὶ τροπὰσ τὰσ χειμερινὰσ μάλιστα, ὑόντα τὸν θεὸν τηρήσαντεσ, ὁπότε τὸ πολὺ τοῦ καύματοσ σβεσθείη καὶ ἡ ψάμμοσ νοτισθείη καὶ ἀμηέπη βατὴ γένοιτο. (Lucian, Dipsades 2:1)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν διὰ τοῦ Ποινίνου λεγομένου φέρεται ζεύγεσιν οὐ βατὴ κατὰ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν Ἄλπεων, ἡ δὲ διὰ Κεντρώνων δυσμικωτέρα. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 14:4)
  • διὰ δέ τινων ἁλιέων τῶν ἐνειργασμένων τοῖσ τόποισ ἐξητάκει διότι καθόλου μέν ἐστι τεναγώδησ ἡ λίμνη καὶ βατὴ κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον, ὡσ δ’ ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ καὶ γίνεταί τισ αὐτῆσ ἀποχώρησισ καθ’ ἡμέραν ἐπὶ δείλην ὀψίαν. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 8 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. bath

Derived

Similar forms

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

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