ποιότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ποιός (poiós) +‎ -της (-tēs). A particularly close cognate is Latin qualitas (whence English quality), which was coined as a calque of the Greek term.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ποιότης • (poiótēs) f (genitive ποιότητος); third declension

  1. quality

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ποιότης; τῆς ποιότητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ποιότης
hē poiótēs 		τὼ ποιότητε
tṑ poiótēte 		αἱ ποιότητες
hai poiótētes
Genitive τῆς ποιότητος
tês poiótētos 		τοῖν ποιοτήτοιν
toîn poiotḗtoin 		τῶν ποιοτήτων
tôn poiotḗtōn
Dative τῇ ποιότητῐ
tēî poiótētĭ 		τοῖν ποιοτήτοιν
toîn poiotḗtoin 		ταῖς ποιότησῐ / ποιότησῐν
taîs poiótēsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ποιότητᾰ
tḕn poiótētă 		τὼ ποιότητε
tṑ poiótēte 		τᾱ̀ς ποιότητᾰς
tā̀s poiótētăs
Vocative ποιότης
poiótēs 		ποιότητε
poiótēte 		ποιότητες
poiótētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

  • Greek: ποιότητα (poiótita)
  • → Latin: quālitās (calque)

Further reading

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