-βάτης
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From βαίνω (baínō, “I walk”), βᾰτός (batós, “passable”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈba.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβa.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈva.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈva.tis/
Suffix edit
-βᾰ́της • (-bátēs) m (genitive -βᾰ́του); first declension (feminine: -βᾰ́τις)
- (forming nouns) masculine: one who walks on what is defined by the first combining form
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -βᾰ́της -bátēs |
-βᾰ́τᾱ -bátā |
-βᾰ́ται -bátai | ||||||||||
Genitive | -βᾰ́του -bátou |
-βᾰ́ταιν -bátain |
-βᾰτῶν -batôn | ||||||||||
Dative | -βᾰ́τῃ -bátēi |
-βᾰ́ταιν -bátain |
-βᾰ́ταις -bátais | ||||||||||
Accusative | -βᾰ́την -bátēn |
-βᾰ́τᾱ -bátā |
-βᾰ́τᾱς -bátās | ||||||||||
Vocative | -βᾰ́τᾰ -báta |
-βᾰ́τᾱ -bátā |
-βᾰ́ται -bátai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- see compounds at perseus.tufts.edu.
Related terms edit
- -βᾰσία f (-basía, “the action of walking on...”)
- -βᾰτέω (-batéō, “I walk on...”)
- -βᾰ́τις f (-bátis, “feminine of -βάτης”)
Descendants edit
- Greek: -βάτης (-vátis)
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek -βᾰ́της.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-βάτης • (-vátis) m (feminine -βάτισσα), also fem: -βάτρια (-vátria), -βάτιδα (-vátida), -βάτις (-vátis)
- (forming nouns) masculine: one who walks on what is defined by the first combining form
- (forming nouns) masculine: one who walks at a particular time
- (forming nouns, sexuality) masculine: one who has sexual relations with animals
- κτήνος (ktínos, “beast, animal”) + -βάτης (-vátis) → κτηνοβάτης (ktinovátis, “bestialist”)
- (forming nouns, topography) masculine: an instrument of measuring
Declension edit
declension of -βάτης