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

 

Adjective

πόσος • (pósosm (feminine πόση, neuter πόσον); first/second declension

  1. interrogative adjective of quantity: how much?, how many?, how big?, how great?, how far?, how long?

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷotsos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóti, adverb from *kʷos.

Pronoun

πόσος • (pósosm (feminine πόση, neuter πόσο)  interrogative

  1. 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?
  2. (in the plural) how many? (questions of quantity)
    Πόσοι θέλετε καφέ;Pósoi thélete kafé?How many want coffee?

Declension

Declension of πόσος
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)