φιλοπότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + πότης (pótēs, “drinker”), from verb πίνω (pínō, “drink”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.pó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰi.loˈpo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸi.loˈpo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fi.loˈpo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.loˈpo.tis/
Noun
φῐλοπότης • (phĭlopótēs) m (genitive φῐλοπότου); second declension
- lover of drinking, lover of wine, drunkard
- 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Translation by Juan Coderch), Τὸ Βασιλείδιον
- ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ πλανητῷ ᾤκει φιλοπότης τις
- en tōî trítōi planētōî ōíkei philopótēs tis
- The third planet was inhabited by a drunkard
- 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Translation by Juan Coderch), Τὸ Βασιλείδιον
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φῐλοπότης ho phĭlopótēs |
τὼ φῐλοπότᾱ tṑ phĭlopótā |
οἱ φῐλοπόται hoi phĭlopótai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φῐλοπότου toû phĭlopótou |
τοῖν φῐλοπόταιν toîn phĭlopótain |
τῶν φῐλοποτῶν tôn phĭlopotôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φῐλοπότῃ tōî phĭlopótēi |
τοῖν φῐλοπόταιν toîn phĭlopótain |
τοῖς φῐλοπόταις toîs phĭlopótais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φῐλοπότην tòn phĭlopótēn |
τὼ φῐλοπότᾱ tṑ phĭlopótā |
τοὺς φῐλοπότᾱς toùs phĭlopótās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλοπότᾰ phĭlopótă |
φῐλοπότᾱ phĭlopótā |
φῐλοπόται phĭlopótai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φιλοπότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press