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Verb

batia

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative form of batre
2. third-person singular imperfect indicative form of batre

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek βᾰτίς ‎(batís, “a flat fish, perh. skate or ray”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ti.a/

Noun

batia f ‎(genitive batiae); first declension

1. An unknown kind of fish

Inflection

First declension.

References

• batia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “batia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtiɐ/

Verb

batia

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of bater
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect indicative of bater
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 434:

     O coração de Harry batia acelerado agora.