βάθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βαθύς "deep", from Proto-Indo-European *gʷehdʰ- (“to sink, submerge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [bátʰos]
• (Koine): IPA: [bˈatʰo̞s]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [βˈaθos]

Noun

βάθος (genitive βάθεος or βάθους); n, third declension; (bathos)

1. Extension in space: depth, height, breadth, fullness
2. profundity

Inflection

Third declension of βάθος, βάθεος (uncontracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	βάθος	βάθεε	βάθεᾰ
Genitive	βάθεος	βαθέοιν	βαθέων
Dative	βάθεϊ	βαθέοιν	βάθεσσῐ(ν)
Accusative	βάθος	βάθεε	βάθεᾰ
Vocative	βάθος	βάθεε	βάθεᾰ

This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. βάθεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

Third declension of βάθος, βάθους (contracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	βάθος	βάθει	βάθη
Genitive	βάθους	βαθοῖν	βαθῶν
Dative	βάθει	βαθοῖν	βάθεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	βάθος	βάθει	βάθη
Vocative	βάθος	βάθει	βάθη

The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G899

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Greek

Noun

βάθος (váthos) n.,   plural βάθη

1. bottom, depth
2. profundity

Declension

declension of βάθος

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	το βάθος	τα βάθη
genitive (γενική)	του βάθους	των βαθών
accusative (αιτιατική)	το βάθος	τα βάθη
vocative (κλητική)	βάθος	βάθη