βατράχιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -ιον (-ion, 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
βατράχῐον • (batrákhĭon) n (genitive βατραχῐ́ου); second declension
- buttercup (plant of the genus Ranunculus)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βατράχῐον tò batrákhĭon |
τὼ βατραχῐ́ω tṑ batrakhĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βατράχῐᾰ tằ batrákhĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βατραχῐ́ου toû batrakhĭ́ou |
τοῖν βατραχῐ́οιν toîn batrakhĭ́oin |
τῶν βατραχῐ́ων tôn batrakhĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βατραχῐ́ῳ tōî batrakhĭ́ōi |
τοῖν βατραχῐ́οιν toîn batrakhĭ́oin |
τοῖς βατραχῐ́οις toîs batrakhĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βατράχῐον tò batrákhĭon |
τὼ βατραχῐ́ω tṑ batrakhĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βατράχῐᾰ tằ batrákhĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βατράχῐον batrákhĭon |
βατραχῐ́ω batrakhĭ́ō |
βατράχῐᾰ batrákhĭă | ||||||||||
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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)