Ποσειδῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ποσείδαν (Poseídan), Ποσειδάν (Poseidán) — Aeolic
  • Ποσειδάων (Poseidáōn) — Homeric
  • Ποσειδέων (Poseidéōn) — Ionic
  • Ποσοιδάν (Posoidán) — Arcadian
  • Ποτειδάν (Poteidán), Ποτειδάϝων- (Poteidáwōn-), Ποτειδάων (Poteidáōn), Ποτ(ε)ιδᾶς (Pot(e)idâs) — Doric
  • Ποτοίδαν (Potoídan) — Aeolic
  • Ποὁιδάν (Pohoidán) — Laconian

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀮𐀅𐀃𐀚 (po-se-da-o-ne); possibly from a vocative *Πότ(ε)ι Δᾶς (*Pót(e)i Dâs) from πόσις (pósis, “master, husband”) and *Δα (*Da) (Γῆ (Gê), see Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr)[1] and Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀚𐀯𐀅𐀃𐀚 (e-ne-si-da-o-ne), which would be cognate with ἐννοσίγαιος (ennosígaios)).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ποσειδῶν • (Poseidôn) m (genitive Ποσειδῶνος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Poseidon

Usage notes

In archaic and verse, the irregular singular accusative case is Ποσειδῶ (Poseidô).

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ποσειδῶν; τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ποσειδῶν
ho Poseidôn
Genitive τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος
toû Poseidônos
Dative τῷ Ποσειδῶνῐ
tōî Poseidônĭ
Accusative τὸν Ποσειδῶνᾰ / Ποσειδῶ
tòn Poseidônă / Poseidô
Vocative Πόσειδον
Póseidon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Nilsson, Martin (1967) Die Geschichte der Griechischen Religion‎[1] (in German), Erster Band Verlag C. H. Beck, page 417‬

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