βαθμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of βαίνω (baínō, “to step, walk”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /batʰ.mís/ → /βaθˈmis/ → /vaθˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /batʰ.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /batʰˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaθˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaθˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaθˈmis/

Noun

βᾰθμῐ́ς • (bathmís) f (genitive βᾰθμῐ́δος or βᾰθμῖδος); third declension

1. step or threshold
2. base, pedestal

   Synonym: βᾰ́θρον (báthron)

3. (anatomy) socket, hollow in a joint

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βᾰθμῐ́ς; τῆς βᾰθμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰθμῐ́ς hē bathmís	τὼ βᾰθμῐ́δε tṑ bathmíde	αἱ βᾰθμῐ́δες hai bathmídes
Genitive	τῆς βᾰθμῐ́δος tês bathmídos	τοῖν βᾰθμῐ́δοιν toîn bathmídoin	τῶν βᾰθμῐ́δων tôn bathmídōn
Dative	τῇ βᾰθμῐ́δῐ têi bathmídi	τοῖν βᾰθμῐ́δοιν toîn bathmídoin	ταῖς βᾰθμῐ́σῐ / βᾰθμῐ́σῐν taîs bathmísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βᾰθμῐ́δᾰ tḕn bathmída	τὼ βᾰθμῐ́δε tṑ bathmíde	τᾱ̀ς βᾰθμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s bathmídas
Vocative	βᾰθμῐ́ς bathmís	βᾰθμῐ́δε bathmíde	βᾰθμῐ́δες bathmídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ἡ βᾰθμῐ́ς; τῆς βᾰθμῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰθμῐ́ς hē bathmís	τὼ βᾰθμῖδε tṑ bathmîde	αἱ βᾰθμῖδες hai bathmîdes
Genitive	τῆς βᾰθμῖδος tês bathmîdos	τοῖν βᾰθμῑ́δοιν toîn bathmī́doin	τῶν βᾰθμῑ́δων tôn bathmī́dōn
Dative	τῇ βᾰθμῖδῐ têi bathmîdi	τοῖν βᾰθμῑ́δοιν toîn bathmī́doin	ταῖς βᾰθμῖσῐ / βᾰθμῖσῐν taîs bathmîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βᾰθμῖδᾰ tḕn bathmîda	τὼ βᾰθμῖδε tṑ bathmîde	τᾱ̀ς βᾰθμῖδᾰς tā̀s bathmîdas
Vocative	βᾰθμῐ́ς bathmís	βᾰθμῖδε bathmîde	βᾰθμῖδες bathmîdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• ἀνᾰβᾰθμῐ́ς (anabathmís)

Further reading

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