ποῖος

See also: ποιος and ποιός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos, adjective suffix). Compare the indefinite form ποιός (poiós).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ποῖος • (poîosm (feminine ποίᾱ, neuter ποῖον); first/second declension

  1. (interrogative adjective) of what kind?, of what nature?, which?, what?

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: ποιος (poios)

See also

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ποῖος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1218

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