βάταλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βαδᾶς (badâs), βατᾶς (batâs), βάτταλος (báttalos)

Etymology

There has been an attempt to link this word with βατέω (batéō, “to mount”) but the presence of the alternative forms dismisses this theory. Furnée correctly connects the word with σπάταλος (spátalos, “lewd, lascivious”), which indicates a common Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǎː.ta.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ta.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ta.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ta.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ta.los/

Noun

βᾱ́τᾰλος • (bā́tălos) m (genitive βᾱτᾰ́λου); second declension

(anatomy) anus
catamite, lewd man
Synonyms: κίναιδος (kínaidos), λάσταυρος (lástauros), μαρικᾶς (marikâs)
stammerer
nickname for Demosthenes

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βᾱ́τᾰλος; τοῦ βᾱτᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βᾱ́τᾰλος ho bā́tălos	τὼ βᾱτᾰ́λω tṑ bātắlō	οἱ βᾱ́τᾰλοι hoi bā́tăloi
Genitive	τοῦ βᾱτᾰ́λου toû bātắlou	τοῖν βᾱτᾰ́λοιν toîn bātắloin	τῶν βᾱτᾰ́λων tôn bātắlōn
Dative	τῷ βᾱτᾰ́λῳ tōî bātắlōi	τοῖν βᾱτᾰ́λοιν toîn bātắloin	τοῖς βᾱτᾰ́λοις toîs bātắlois
Accusative	τὸν βᾱ́τᾰλον tòn bā́tălon	τὼ βᾱτᾰ́λω tṑ bātắlō	τοὺς βᾱτᾰ́λους toùs bātắlous
Vocative	βᾱ́τᾰλε bā́tăle	βᾱτᾰ́λω bātắlō	βᾱ́τᾰλοι bā́tăloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βᾱτᾰλῐ́ζομαι (bātălĭ́zomai)