βατός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From zero-grade of the root of ἔβην (ébēn), the aorist of βαίνω (baínō, “to go”), + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈtos/
Adjective
βᾰτός • (batós) m (feminine βᾰτή, neuter βᾰτόν); first/second declension
- able to be gone through; passable, accessible
- speeding
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βᾰτός batós |
βᾰτή batḗ |
βᾰτόν batón |
βᾰτώ batṓ |
βᾰτᾱ́ batā́ |
βᾰτώ batṓ |
βᾰτοί batoí |
βᾰταί bataí |
βᾰτᾰ́ batá | |||||
| Genitive | βᾰτοῦ batoû |
βᾰτῆς batês |
βᾰτοῦ batoû |
βᾰτοῖν batoîn |
βᾰταῖν bataîn |
βᾰτοῖν batoîn |
βᾰτῶν batôn |
βᾰτῶν batôn |
βᾰτῶν batôn | |||||
| Dative | βᾰτῷ batôi |
βᾰτῇ batêi |
βᾰτῷ batôi |
βᾰτοῖν batoîn |
βᾰταῖν bataîn |
βᾰτοῖν batoîn |
βᾰτοῖς batoîs |
βᾰταῖς bataîs |
βᾰτοῖς batoîs | |||||
| Accusative | βᾰτόν batón |
βᾰτήν batḗn |
βᾰτόν batón |
βᾰτώ batṓ |
βᾰτᾱ́ batā́ |
βᾰτώ batṓ |
βᾰτούς batoús |
βᾰτᾱ́ς batā́s |
βᾰτᾰ́ batá | |||||
| Vocative | βᾰτέ baté |
βᾰτή batḗ |
βᾰτόν batón |
βᾰτώ batṓ |
βᾰτᾱ́ batā́ |
βᾰτώ batṓ |
βᾰτοί batoí |
βᾰταί bataí |
βᾰτᾰ́ batá | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βᾰτῶς batôs |
βᾰτώτερος batṓteros |
βᾰτώτᾰτος batṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (passable): βέβηλος (bébēlos)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “passable”): ἄβατος (ábatos)
Related terms
- ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (anabatós)
- καταιβατός (kataibatós)
References
- “βατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Adjective
βατός • (vatós) m
- able to be gone through: passable, accessible
- (figuratively) easy (requiring little effort or skill)
Declension
Declension of βατός
| number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | βατός • | βατή • | βατό • | βατοί • | βατές • | βατά • |
| genitive | βατού • | βατής • | βατού • | βατών • | βατών • | βατών • |
| accusative | βατό • | βατή • | βατό • | βατούς • | βατές • | βατά • |
| vocative | βατέ • | βατή • | βατό • | βατοί • | βατές • | βατά • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο βατός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο βατός, etc.) | |||||
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