βατράχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.trá.kʰi.on/ → /βaˈtra.çi.on/ → /vaˈtra.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.trá.kʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈtra.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈtra.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈtra.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈtra.çi.on/

Noun

βατράχῐον • (batrákhion) n (genitive βατραχῐ́ου); second declension

1. buttercup (plant of the genus Ranunculus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βατράχῐον; τοῦ βατραχῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βατράχῐον tò batrákhion	τὼ βατραχῐ́ω tṑ batrakhíō	τᾰ̀ βατράχῐᾰ tà batrákhia
Genitive	τοῦ βατραχῐ́ου toû batrakhíou	τοῖν βατραχῐ́οιν toîn batrakhíoin	τῶν βατραχῐ́ων tôn batrakhíōn
Dative	τῷ βατραχῐ́ῳ tôi batrakhíōi	τοῖν βατραχῐ́οιν toîn batrakhíoin	τοῖς βατραχῐ́οις toîs batrakhíois
Accusative	τὸ βατράχῐον tò batrákhion	τὼ βατραχῐ́ω tṑ batrakhíō	τᾰ̀ βατράχῐᾰ tà batrákhia
Vocative	βατράχῐον batrákhion	βατραχῐ́ω batrakhíō	βατράχῐᾰ batrákhia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)