βάθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βαίνω (baínō, “to step”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tʰron/ → /ˈβa.θron/ → /ˈva.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.θron/

Noun

βᾰ́θρον • (bắthron) n (genitive βᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. that on which anything steps or stands
2. base, pedestal of a statue

   Synonym: βᾰθμῐ́ς (băthmĭ́s)

3. stage, scaffold
4. (in general) solid base, foundation
5. step, rung of a ladder
6. bench, seat of a lecture-room or school

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰ́θρον; τοῦ βᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰ́θρον tò bắthron	τὼ βᾰ́θρω tṑ bắthrō	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́θρᾰ tằ bắthră
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰ́θρου toû bắthrou	τοῖν βᾰ́θροιν toîn bắthroin	τῶν βᾰ́θρων tôn bắthrōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰ́θρῳ tôi bắthrōi	τοῖν βᾰ́θροιν toîn bắthroin	τοῖς βᾰ́θροις toîs bắthrois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰ́θρον tò bắthron	τὼ βᾰ́θρω tṑ bắthrō	τᾰ̀ βᾰ́θρᾰ tằ bắthră
Vocative	βᾰ́θρον bắthron	βᾰ́θρω bắthrō	βᾰ́θρᾰ bắthră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βᾰθρείᾱ (băthreíā)
• βᾰθρῐ́δῐον (băthrĭ́dĭon)
• βᾰθρῐκόν (băthrĭkón)
• βᾰθρῐ́ον (băthrĭ́on)
• βᾰ́θρωσῐς (bắthrōsĭs)
• κωλόβᾰθρον (kōlóbăthron)
• ὑπόβᾰθρον (hupóbăthron)

Descendants

• Greek: βάθρο (váthro)

Further reading

• “βάθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βάθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βάθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βάθρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)