βάτραχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Imitative of croaking, but this imitation has probably taken place not in Greek, but the Greek has borrowed from Semitic, compare Hebrew צְפַרְדֵּעַ‎ (ṣəp̄ardḗaʿ), Arabic ضَفْدَع‎ (ḍafdaʿ), considering that in the dialect of Zakynthos the frog is matching the Semitic with σπορδακάς (spordakás) – unless of course one must find that Semitic and Greek have borrowed from an unknown third.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βᾰ́τρᾰχος • (bátrakhos) m (genitive βᾰτρᾰ́χου); second declension

  1. frog
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 207.
      βατράχων κύκνων θαυμαστά.
      batrákhōn kúknōn thaumastá.
      Most amazing [songs] by the swanlike frogs.

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βᾰ́τρᾰχος; τοῦ βᾰτρᾰ́χου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βᾰ́τρᾰχος
ho bátrakhos		 τὼ βᾰτρᾰ́χω
tṑ batrákhō		 οἱ βᾰ́τρᾰχοι
hoi bátrakhoi
Genitive τοῦ βᾰτρᾰ́χου
toû batrákhou		 τοῖν βᾰτρᾰ́χοιν
toîn batrákhoin		 τῶν βᾰτρᾰ́χων
tôn batrákhōn
Dative τῷ βᾰτρᾰ́χῳ
tôi batrákhōi		 τοῖν βᾰτρᾰ́χοιν
toîn batrákhoin		 τοῖς βᾰτρᾰ́χοις
toîs batrákhois
Accusative τὸν βᾰ́τρᾰχον
tòn bátrakhon		 τὼ βᾰτρᾰ́χω
tṑ batrákhō		 τοὺς βᾰτρᾰ́χους
toùs batrákhous
Vocative βᾰ́τρᾰχε
bátrakhe		 βᾰτρᾰ́χω
batrákhō		 βᾰ́τρᾰχοι
bátrakhoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • βατραχομυομαχία (batrakhomuomakhía)

Descendants

References
  • Brown, John Pairman (1995) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume I, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 336
  • Brown, John Pairman (2000) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 276), volume II, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 60

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).

Noun

βάτραχος • (vátrachos) m (plural βάτραχοι)

  1. frog

Declension
declension of βάτραχος
singular plural
nominative βάτραχος • βάτραχοι •
genitive βατράχου • βατράχων •
accusative βάτραχο • βατράχους •
vocative βάτραχε • βάτραχοι •

Derived terms

Further reading
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