βατιάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *bātiyaka (literally “phiale”), from *bāta (“wine, must”)[1], whence also Middle Persian bʾtk' (bādag, “wine, must”). Compare Persian بادیه‎ (bâdiye, “large bowl”). Furnée compares βάτος (bátos, “measure for liquids”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰτῐάκη • (batiákē) f (genitive βᾰτῐάκης); first declension

  1. cup

Inflection

Derived terms

  • βατιάκιον (batiákion)

Descendants

  • Latin: batiola

Further reading

  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 61
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