- βάτος 1
- βάτος 1.Grammatical information: f., m.Meaning: `bramble, Rubs ulmifolius' (Od.). Also a fish, `skate' (Epich.), because of its spines (Strömberg Fischnamen 47);Other forms: βάτον n. `blackberry' (D. S.), s. Wackernagel Syntax 2, 17; Schwyzer-Debrunner 30.Derivatives: βατία (βατιά?) `thicket' (Pi.); βάτιον mulberry on Salamis (Parth.), s. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 53; βατίς `skate' (Epich.) s. Thompson Fishes s. v.; name of a bird (Arist. HA 592b 17: ὄρνις σκωληκοφάγος), cf. Thompson Birds s. v.; name of a plant `Crithmum maritimum' (Plin.); βατόεις `thorny' (Nic.). - Not here Βατίεια = σῆμα Μυρίνης (Β 813) and the PN Βάτεια (Hellanic.), which are rather Illyrian, s. Heubeck Würzburger Jahrbücher 4 (1949-50) 202ff.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Bertoldi Glotta 21, 258ff. points to μαντία `blackberry' given by Dsc. 4, 37 as Dacian, and several other names with ma(n)t-, e.g. Alb. mand(ε) `mulberry'; s. also Fur. 209. A wide-spread word. S. also DELG.Page in Frisk: 1,226
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.