Translingual

Proper noun

Batis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Platysteiridae – sparrow-like birds of sub-Saharan Africa.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Bataceae – salt-tolerant plants native to warm-temperate to tropical America and tropical Australasia; pickleweed.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Platysteiridae): Aves - class; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Corvoidea - superfamily; Platysteiridae - family
• (genus in Bataceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Brassicales - order; Bataceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus in Platysteiridae): For species see Batis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (genus in Bataceae): Batis argillicola, Batis maritima - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Pririt batis, Batis pririt

Wikispecies

Noun

batis ‎(plural batises)

1. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to the wattle-eyes.

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Malay betis).

Noun

batis

1. foot, leg

Catalan

Verb

batis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of batre

Esperanto

Verb

batis

1. past of bati

Ido

Verb

batis

1. past of batar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tis/, [ˈba.tɪs]

Noun

batīs

1. dative plural of batus
2. ablative plural of batus

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek βατίς ‎(batís).

Noun

batis f ‎(genitive batis); third declension

1. A plant, probably samphire

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

References

• batis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BATIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “batis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• batis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray