πόσθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with Ancient Greek πέος (péos, “penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-o- (“penis”), but the derivation is problematic. Beekes thinks it is likely a loan from a non-Indo-European-Language, like Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pós.tʰɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.tʰe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/

Noun

πόσθη • (pósthē) f (genitive πόσθης); first declension

(anatomy) The penis
1. foreskin

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πόσθη; τῆς πόσθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πόσθη hē pósthē	τὼ πόσθᾱ tṑ pósthā	αἱ πόσθαι hai pósthai
Genitive	τῆς πόσθης tês pósthēs	τοῖν πόσθαιν toîn pósthain	τῶν ποσθῶν tôn posthôn
Dative	τῇ πόσθῃ tēî pósthēi	τοῖν πόσθαιν toîn pósthain	ταῖς πόσθαις taîs pósthais
Accusative	τὴν πόσθην tḕn pósthēn	τὼ πόσθᾱ tṑ pósthā	τᾱ̀ς πόσθᾱς tā̀s pósthās
Vocative	πόσθη pósthē	πόσθᾱ pósthā	πόσθαι pósthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκροβυστία (akrobustía)
ποσθαλίσκος (posthalískos)
πόσθιον (pósthion)
πόσθων (pósthōn)

Descendants

Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)

References

πόσθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1224
Boisacq, Émile (1916) “πόσθη”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 806
Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “πόσθη”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 931
Frisk, Hjalmar (1970) “πόσθη”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 584
Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “πόσθη”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen‎^[1] (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg, page 281
Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “πόσθη”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 912
“πόσθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πόσθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɔsθi]

Noun

πόσθη • (pósthi) f (uncountable)

(anatomy) foreskin, prepuce

Declension

Declension of **πόσθη**
	singular
nominative	πόσθη (pósthi)
genitive	πόσθης (pósthis)
accusative	πόσθη (pósthi)
vocative	πόσθη (pósthi)

Synonyms

ακροβυστία f (akrovystía)
ακροποσθία f (akroposthía)

Derived terms

ποσθίτιδα f (posthítida, “infection of the foreskin”)