ποτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίνω (pínō, “to drink”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ποτήρ • (potḗr) m (genitive ποτῆρος); third declension

  1. drinking-cup

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ποτήρ; τοῦ ποτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ποτήρ
ho potḗr 		τὼ ποτῆρε
tṑ potêre 		οἱ ποτῆρες
hoi potêres
Genitive τοῦ ποτῆρος
toû potêros 		τοῖν ποτήροιν
toîn potḗroin 		τῶν ποτήρων
tôn potḗrōn
Dative τῷ ποτῆρῐ
tōî potêrĭ 		τοῖν ποτήροιν
toîn potḗroin 		τοῖς ποτῆρσῐ / ποτῆρσῐν
toîs potêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ποτῆρᾰ
tòn potêră 		τὼ ποτῆρε
tṑ potêre 		τοὺς ποτῆρᾰς
toùs potêrăs
Vocative ποτήρ
potḗr 		ποτῆρε
potêre 		ποτῆρες
potêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1194

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