βάθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βαίνω (baínō, “to step”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tʰron/ → /ˈβa.θron/ → /ˈva.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.θron/

Noun

βᾰ́θρον • (báthron) n (genitive βᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. that on which anything steps or stands
2. base, pedestal of a statue

   Synonym: βᾰθμῐ́ς (bathmís)

3. stage, scaffold
4. (in general) solid base, foundation
5. step, rung of a ladder
6. bench, seat of a lecture-room or school

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰ́θρον; τοῦ βᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰ́θρον tò báthron	τὼ βᾰ́θρω tṑ báthrō	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́θρᾰ tà báthra
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰ́θρου toû báthrou	τοῖν βᾰ́θροιν toîn báthroin	τῶν βᾰ́θρων tôn báthrōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰ́θρῳ tôi báthrōi	τοῖν βᾰ́θροιν toîn báthroin	τοῖς βᾰ́θροις toîs báthrois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰ́θρον tò báthron	τὼ βᾰ́θρω tṑ báthrō	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́θρᾰ tà báthra
Vocative	βᾰ́θρον báthron	βᾰ́θρω báthrō	βᾰ́θρᾰ báthra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βᾰθρείᾱ (bathreíā)
• βᾰθρῐ́δῐον (bathrídion)
• βᾰθρῐκόν (bathrikón)
• βᾰθρῐ́ον (bathríon)
• βᾰ́θρωσῐς (báthrōsis)
• κωλόβᾰθρον (kōlóbathron)
• ὑπόβᾰθρον (hupóbathron)

 

Descendants

• Greek: βάθρο (váthro)

Further reading

• “βάθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βάθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βάθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βάθρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)