βαθύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Zero-grade of the root of βένθος (bénthos); this alternation suggests a Proto-Indo-European origin. Unrelated to βυσσός (bussós) and βυθός (buthós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.tʰýs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈtʰys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈθys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈθys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈθis/
Adjective
βᾰθῠ́ς • (bathús) m (feminine βᾰθεῖᾰ, neuter βᾰθῠ́); first/third declension
- being a large vertical distance from: high, deep
- thick
- generally: strong, intense, full
- profound
- (of colour) deep
- (time) twilight
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βᾰθῠ́ς bathús |
βᾰθεῖᾰ batheîa |
βᾰθῠ́ bathú |
βᾰθέε bathée |
βᾰθείᾱ batheíā |
βᾰθέε bathée |
βᾰθεῖς batheîs |
βᾰθεῖαι batheîai |
βᾰθέᾰ bathéa | |||||
| Genitive | βᾰθέως bathéōs |
βᾰθείᾱς batheíās |
βᾰθέως bathéōs |
βᾰθέοιν bathéoin |
βᾰθείαιν batheíain |
βᾰθέοιν bathéoin |
βᾰθέων bathéōn |
βᾰθειῶν batheiôn |
βᾰθέων bathéōn | |||||
| Dative | βᾰθεῖ batheî |
βᾰθείᾳ batheíāi |
βᾰθεῖ batheî |
βᾰθέοιν bathéoin |
βᾰθείαιν batheíain |
βᾰθέοιν bathéoin |
βᾰθέσῐ(ν) bathési(n) |
βᾰθείαις batheíais |
βᾰθέσῐ(ν) bathési(n) | |||||
| Accusative | βᾰθῠ́ν bathún |
βᾰθεῖᾰν batheîan |
βᾰθῠ́ bathú |
βᾰθέε bathée |
βᾰθείᾱ batheíā |
βᾰθέε bathée |
βᾰθεῖς batheîs |
βᾰθείᾱς batheíās |
βᾰθέᾰ bathéa | |||||
| Vocative | βᾰθῠ́ bathú |
βᾰθεῖᾰ batheîa |
βᾰθῠ́ bathú |
βᾰθέε bathée |
βᾰθείᾱ batheíā |
βᾰθέε bathée |
βᾰθεῖς batheîs |
βᾰθεῖαι batheîai |
βᾰθέᾰ bathéa | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βᾰθέως bathéōs |
βᾰθῠ́τερος bathúteros |
βᾰθῠ́τᾰτος bathútatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | |||||||||||||
Related terms
- βάθος (báthos)
Descendants
References
- βαθύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαθύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βαθύς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- βαθύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βαθύς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G901 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βαθύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 191
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús).
Adjective
βαθύς • (vathýs) m (feminine βαθιά, neuter βαθύ)
- deep (downward or sometimes inward)
- (figuratively) deep, dark (of shades and colours)
- βαθύ μπλε ― vathý ble ― deep blue
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- (figuratively) profound, deep
Declension
positive forms of βαθύς
| number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | βαθύς | βαθιά | βαθύ | βαθιοί | βαθιές | βαθιά |
| genitive | βαθιού / βαθύ | βαθιάς | βαθιού / βαθύ | βαθιών | βαθιών | βαθιών |
| accusative | βαθύ | βαθιά | βαθύ | βαθιούς | βαθιές | βαθιά |
| vocative | βαθύ | βαθιά | βαθύ | βαθιοί | βαθιές | βαθιά |
| derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο βαθύς, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο βαθύς (o pio vathýs), etc.) | |||||
degrees of comparison by suffixation
| comparative | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | βαθύτερος | βαθύτερη | βαθύτερο | βαθύτεροι | βαθύτερες | βαθύτερα |
| genitive | βαθύτερου | βαθύτερης | βαθύτερου | βαθύτερων | βαθύτερων | βαθύτερων |
| accusative | βαθύτερο | βαθύτερη | βαθύτερο | βαθύτερους | βαθύτερες | βαθύτερα |
| vocative | βαθύτερε | βαθύτερη | βαθύτερο | βαθύτεροι | βαθύτερες | βαθύτερα |
| derivations | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο βαθύτερος", etc) | |||||
| absolute superlative | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | βαθύτατος | βαθύτατη | βαθύτατο | βαθύτατοι | βαθύτατες | βαθύτατα |
| genitive | βαθύτατου | βαθύτατης | βαθύτατου | βαθύτατων | βαθύτατων | βαθύτατων |
| accusative | βαθύτατο | βαθύτατη | βαθύτατο | βαθύτατους | βαθύτατες | βαθύτατα |
| vocative | βαθύτατε | βαθύτατη | βαθύτατο | βαθύτατοι | βαθύτατες | βαθύτατα |
Antonyms
- ρηχός (richós, “shallow”)
Related terms
- βάθος n (váthos, “depth, bottom”)
Further reading
- βαθύς in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]
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