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|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f., m.<br />Meaning: [[bramble]], [[Rubs ulmifolius]] (Od.). Also a fish, [[skate]] (Epich.), because of its spines (Strömberg Fischnamen 47);<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">βάτον</b> n. [[blackberry]] (D. S.), s. Wackernagel Syntax 2, 17; Schwyzer-Debrunner 30.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βατία</b> (<b class="b3">βατιά</b>?) [[thicket]] (Pi.); <b class="b3">βάτιον</b> mulberry on Salamis (Parth.), s. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 53; <b class="b3">βατίς</b> [[skate]] (Epich.) s. Thompson Fishes s. v.; name of a bird (Arist. HA 592b 17: <b class="b3">ὄρνις σκωληκοφάγος</b>), cf. Thompson Birds s. v.; name of a plant <b class="b2">Crithmum maritimum</b> (Plin.); <b class="b3">βατόεις</b> [[thorny]] (Nic.). - Not here <b class="b3">Βατίεια</b> = <b class="b3">σῆμα Μυρίνης</b> (Β 813) and the PN <b class="b3">Βάτεια</b> (Hellanic.), which are rather Illyrian, s. Heubeck Würzburger Jahrbücher 4 (1949-50) 202ff.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Bertoldi Glotta 21, 258ff. points to <b class="b3">μαντία</b> [[blackberry]] given by Dsc. 4, 37 as Dacian, and several other names with <b class="b2">ma(n)t-</b>, e.g. Alb. <b class="b2">mand(ε)</b> [[mulberry]]; s. also Fur. 209. A wide-spread word. S. also DELG.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: a measure for liquids (LXX),<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">βάδος</b>.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.<br />Etymology: Probably a loan from Semitic, Hebr. [[bath]]; s. LSJ Supp. s.v. <b class="b3">βαίθ</b>, <b class="b3">βαίθαρα</b>. Cf. <b class="b3">βατιάκη</b>.