βαίτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βαίτᾱ (baítā) — Doric

Etymology

Unknown origin. Somehow connected to Proto-Germanic *paidō; according to Beekes, it is borrowed from this Greek word. With a suffix -k-, it is possible to connect Albanian petk (“coat”), suggesting a derivation from a common European substrate. Furnée argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǎi̯.tɛː/ → /ˈβɛ.ti/ → /ˈve.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǎi̯.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβɛ.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ti/

Noun

βαίτη • (baítē) f (genitive βαίτης); first declension

1. coat of skins worn by shepherds or peasants
2. tent of skins

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βαίτη; τῆς βαίτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βαίτη hē baítē	τὼ βαίτᾱ tṑ baítā	αἱ βαῖται hai baîtai
Genitive	τῆς βαίτης tês baítēs	τοῖν βαίταιν toîn baítain	τῶν βαιτῶν tôn baitôn
Dative	τῇ βαίτῃ têi baítēi	τοῖν βαίταιν toîn baítain	ταῖς βαίταις taîs baítais
Accusative	τὴν βαίτην tḕn baítēn	τὼ βαίτᾱ tṑ baítā	τᾱ̀ς βαίτᾱς tā̀s baítās
Vocative	βαίτη baítē	βαίτᾱ baítā	βαῖται baîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βαιτάς (baitás)
• βαιτών (baitṓn)

 

Descendants

• →? Proto-Germanic: *paidō

Further reading

• “βαίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαίτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαίτη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN