Βάτος

From Greek βάτος vátos (skate), a masculine noun distinct from the feminine βάτος vátos (bramble) ↳ The fish sense continues Ancient Greek βάτος bátos (a kind of skate), a separate headword whose origin is not established ↳ Modern Greek dictionaries trace the fish name to βατίς vatís (skate); the bramble word is a Mediterranean wanderwort and no connection between the two is demonstrated