ποθή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈtʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈθi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈθi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈθi/
Noun
ποθή • (pothḗ) f (genitive ποθῆς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ποθή hē pothḗ |
τὼ ποθᾱ́ tṑ pothā́ |
αἱ ποθαί hai pothaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ποθῆς tês pothês |
τοῖν ποθαῖν toîn pothaîn |
τῶν ποθῶν tôn pothôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ποθῇ tēî pothēî |
τοῖν ποθαῖν toîn pothaîn |
ταῖς ποθαῖς taîs pothaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ποθήν tḕn pothḗn |
τὼ ποθᾱ́ tṑ pothā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ποθᾱ́ς tā̀s pothā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ποθή pothḗ |
ποθᾱ́ pothā́ |
ποθαί pothaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ποθέω (pothéō)
Related terms
- πόθος (póthos)
Further reading
- “ποθή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ποθή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ποθή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ποθή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press