πόθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”). Cognate with English bid (“to invite, command”), Sanskrit गाध (gādha, “desire, cupidity”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pó.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.θos/
Noun
πόθος • (póthos) m (genitive πόθου); second declension
- longing, yearning, regret
- love, desire
- larkspur (Consolida ajacis, syn. Delphinium ajacis)
- asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πόθος ho póthos |
τὼ πόθω tṑ póthō |
οἱ πόθοι hoi póthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πόθου toû póthou |
τοῖν πόθοιν toîn póthoin |
τῶν πόθων tôn póthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πόθῳ tōî póthōi |
τοῖν πόθοιν toîn póthoin |
τοῖς πόθοις toîs póthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πόθον tòn póthon |
τὼ πόθω tṑ póthō |
τοὺς πόθους toùs póthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πόθε póthe |
πόθω póthō |
πόθοι póthoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πόθος (Póthos) (possibly)
- →? Translingual: Pothos (connection disputed)
Related terms
Descendants
- > Greek: πόθος (póthos) (inherited)
Further reading
- “πόθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpo.θos/
- Hyphenation: πό‧θος
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ancient Greek πόθος (póthos).[1]
Noun
πόθος • (póthos) m
- desire, yearning (the feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something)
- desire, lust (strong sexual attraction)
- Near-synonym: λαγνεία f (lagneía)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πόθος (póthos) | πόθοι (póthoi) |
| genitive | πόθου (póthou) | πόθων (póthon) |
| accusative | πόθο (pótho) | πόθους (póthous) |
| vocative | πόθε (póthe) | πόθοι (póthoi) |
Related terms
- ποθητός (pothitós)
- ποθούμενος (pothoúmenos)
- ποθώ (pothó)
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from New Latin translingual Pothos.[1]
Noun
πόθος • (póthos) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πόθος (póthos) | πόθοι (póthoi) |
| genitive | πόθου (póthou) | πόθων (póthon) |
| accusative | πόθο (pótho) | πόθους (póthous) |
| vocative | πόθε (póthe) | πόθοι (póthoi) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 πόθος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language