πόσος
See also: ποσός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόσος (kósos) — Ionic
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷotsos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóti, adverb from *kʷos (“what”). Compare the indefinite form ποσός (posós). Cognate with Latin quot, Sanskrit कति (káti).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pó.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
Adjective
πόσος • (pósos) m (feminine πόση, neuter πόσον); first/second declension
- interrogative adjective of quantity: how much?, how many?, how big?, how great?, how far?, how long?
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πόσος pósos |
πόση pósē |
πόσον póson |
πόσω pósō |
πόσᾱ pósā |
πόσω pósō |
πόσοι pósoi |
πόσαι pósai |
πόσᾰ pósă | |||||
| Genitive | πόσου pósou |
πόσης pósēs |
πόσου pósou |
πόσοιν pósoin |
πόσαιν pósain |
πόσοιν pósoin |
πόσων pósōn |
πόσων pósōn |
πόσων pósōn | |||||
| Dative | πόσῳ pósōi |
πόσῃ pósēi |
πόσῳ pósōi |
πόσοιν pósoin |
πόσαιν pósain |
πόσοιν pósoin |
πόσοις pósois |
πόσαις pósais |
πόσοις pósois | |||||
| Accusative | πόσον póson |
πόσην pósēn |
πόσον póson |
πόσω pósō |
πόσᾱ pósā |
πόσω pósō |
πόσους pósous |
πόσᾱς pósās |
πόσᾰ pósă | |||||
| Vocative | πόσε póse |
πόση pósē |
πόσον póson |
πόσω pósō |
πόσᾱ pósā |
πόσω pósō |
πόσοι pósoi |
πόσαι pósai |
πόσᾰ pósă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πόσως pósōs |
ποσώτερος posṓteros |
ποσώτᾰτος posṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ποσαπλάσιος (posaplásios)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόσος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1225
Further reading
- “πόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G4214 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷotsos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóti, adverb from *kʷos.
Pronoun
πόσος • (pósos) m (feminine πόση, neuter πόσο) interrogative
- how much? (questions of quantity and extent)
- Πόσο κάνει; ― Póso kánei? ― How much?
- Πόσο γάλα; ― Póso gála? ― How much milk?
- Πόση ώρα είσαι εδώ; ― Pósi óra eísai edó? ― How long have you been here?
- (in the plural) how many? (questions of quantity)
- Πόσοι θέλετε καφέ; ― Pósoi thélete kafé? ― How many want coffee?
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | πόσος (pósos) | πόση (pósi) | πόσο (póso) | πόσοι (pósoi) | πόσες (póses) | πόσα (pósa) | |
| genitive | πόσου (pósou) | πόσης (pósis) | πόσου (pósou) | πόσων (póson) | πόσων (póson) | πόσων (póson) | |
| accusative | πόσο (póso) | πόση (pósi) | πόσο (póso) | πόσους (pósous) | πόσες (póses) | πόσα (pósa) | |
| vocative | πόσε (póse) | πόση (pósi) | πόσο (póso) | πόσοι (pósoi) | πόσες (póses) | πόσα (pósa) | |