Βαῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Villar, from an Old European Hydronym *bai-t-, also found in the place name Biturgia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bâi̯.tis/ → /ˈβɛ.tis/ → /ˈve.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bâi̯.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβɛ.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈve.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈve.tis/

Proper noun

Βαῖτῐς • (Baîtis) m (genitive Βαίτῐος); third declension

1. Baetis, Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βαῖτῐς; τοῦ Βαίτῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βαῖτῐς ho Baîtis
Genitive	τοῦ Βαίτῐος toû Baítios
Dative	τῷ Βαίτῑ tôi Baítī
Accusative	τὸν Βαῖτῐν tòn Baîtin
Vocative	Βαῖτῐ Baîti
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βαίτις (Vaítis)
• Latin: Baetis

Further reading

• Βαῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004