ποτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πίνω (pínō, “to drink”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈtir/
Noun
ποτήρ • (potḗr) m (genitive ποτῆρος); third declension
- drinking-cup
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ποτήρ; τοῦ ποτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ποτήρ ho potḗr | τὼ ποτῆρε tṑ potêre | οἱ ποτῆρες hoi potêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ποτῆρος toû potêros | τοῖν ποτήροιν toîn potḗroin | τῶν ποτήρων tôn potḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ποτῆρῐ tôi potêri | τοῖν ποτήροιν toîn potḗroin | τοῖς ποτῆρσῐ / ποτῆρσῐν toîs potêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ποτῆρᾰ tòn potêra | τὼ ποτῆρε tṑ potêre | τοὺς ποτῆρᾰς toùs potêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ποτήρ potḗr | ποτῆρε potêre | ποτῆρες potêres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ποτήριον (potḗrion)
- ποτηροθήκη (potērothḗkē)
- ποτηροπλύτης (potēroplútēs)
Further reading
- “ποτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ποτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette