ποτής
See also: πότης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ποτᾱ́ς (potā́s) — Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-; compare πίνω (pínō) and πόσις (pósis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈtis/
Noun
ποτής • (potḗs) f (genitive ποτῆτος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ποτής potḗs |
ποτῆτε potête |
ποτῆτες potêtes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ποτῆτος potêtos |
ποτήτοιν / ποτήτοιῐν potḗtoi(ĭ)n |
ποτήτων potḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ποτῆτῐ potêtĭ |
ποτήτοιν / ποτήτοιῐν potḗtoi(ĭ)n |
ποτῆσῐ / ποτῆσῐν / ποτήτεσσῐ / ποτήτεσσῐν / ποτήτεσῐ / ποτήτεσῐν potêsĭ(n) / potḗtessĭ(n) / potḗtesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ποτῆτᾰ potêtă |
ποτῆτε potête |
ποτῆτᾰς potêtăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ποτής potḗs |
ποτῆτε potête |
ποτῆτες potêtes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ποτής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ποτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ποτής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ποτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press