ποτόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominalization of the neuter of ποτός (potós, “drinkable, for drinking”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós, from *peh₃- (“to drink”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ποτόν • (potón) n (genitive ποτοῦ); second declension

  1. a drink, beverage (especially wine)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ποτόν; τοῦ ποτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ποτόν
tò potón 		τὼ ποτώ
tṑ potṓ 		τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́
tằ potắ
Genitive τοῦ ποτοῦ
toû potoû 		τοῖν ποτοῖν
toîn potoîn 		τῶν ποτῶν
tôn potôn
Dative τῷ ποτῷ
tōî potōî 		τοῖν ποτοῖν
toîn potoîn 		τοῖς ποτοῖς
toîs potoîs
Accusative τὸ ποτόν
tò potón 		τὼ ποτώ
tṑ potṓ 		τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́
tằ potắ
Vocative ποτόν
potón 		ποτώ
potṓ 		ποτᾰ́
potắ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Second declension of ποτόν; ποτοῦ (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ποτόν
potón 		ποτώ
potṓ 		ποτᾰ́
potắ
Genitive ποτοῦ / ποτοῖο / ποτόο
potoû / potoîo / potóo 		ποτοῖν / ποτοῖῐν
potoî(ĭ)n 		ποτῶν
potôn
Dative ποτῷ
potōî 		ποτοῖν / ποτοῖῐν
potoî(ĭ)n 		ποτοῖς / ποτοῖσῐ / ποτοῖσῐν
potoîs / potoîsĭ(n)
Accusative ποτόν
potón 		ποτώ
potṓ 		ποτᾰ́
potắ
Vocative ποτόν
potón 		ποτώ
potṓ 		ποτᾰ́
potắ
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

  • Greek: ποτό (potó)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πίνω (> DER A. > 1. ποτόν)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1194-5

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