πόση

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pó.sɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.se̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.si/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.si/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.si/

Adjective

πόση • (pósē)

feminine nominative singular of πόσος (pósos)

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpo.si/
Hyphenation: πό‧ση

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis) with -ση (-si) suffix.^[1]

Noun

πόση • (pósi) f

drinking (the act by which drink is consumed)
Synonym: πιόσιμο n (piósimo)

Declension

Declension of **πόση**
	singular	plural
nominative	πόση (pósi)	πόσεις (póseis)
genitive	πόσης (pósis)	πόσεων (póseon)
accusative	πόση (pósi)	πόσεις (póseis)
vocative	πόση (pósi)	πόσεις (póseis)

Also, older or formal genitive singular: πόσεως (póseos)

Related terms

see: πίνω (píno, “to drink”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

πόση • (pósi)

nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of πόσος (pósos)

References

^ πόση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language