βατράχιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βᾰ́τρᾰχος (bắtrăkhos, “frog”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Compare typologically Latin rānunculus (diminutive of rāna).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.trá.kʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈtra.kʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈtra.çi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈtra.çi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈtra.çi.on/
Noun
βᾰτρᾰ́χῐον • (bătrắkhĭon) n (genitive βᾰτρᾰχῐ́ου); second declension
- buttercup (plant of the genus Ranunculus)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βᾰτρᾰ́χῐον tò bătrắkhĭon |
τὼ βᾰτρᾰχῐ́ω tṑ bătrăkhĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰτρᾰ́χῐᾰ tằ bătrắkhĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βᾰτρᾰχῐ́ου toû bătrăkhĭ́ou |
τοῖν βᾰτρᾰχῐ́οιν toîn bătrăkhĭ́oin |
τῶν βᾰτρᾰχῐ́ων tôn bătrăkhĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βᾰτρᾰχῐ́ῳ tōî bătrăkhĭ́ōi |
τοῖν βᾰτρᾰχῐ́οιν toîn bătrăkhĭ́oin |
τοῖς βᾰτρᾰχῐ́οις toîs bătrăkhĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βᾰτρᾰ́χῐον tò bătrắkhĭon |
τὼ βᾰτρᾰχῐ́ω tṑ bătrăkhĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰτρᾰ́χῐᾰ tằ bătrắkhĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰτρᾰ́χῐον bătrắkhĭon |
βᾰτρᾰχῐ́ω bătrăkhĭ́ō |
βᾰτρᾰ́χῐᾰ bătrắkhĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βατράχιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βατράχιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βατράχιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)