ποτής
See also: πότης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ποτᾱ́ς (potā́s) – Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-; compare πίνω (pínō) and πόσις (pósis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈtis/
Noun
ποτής • (potḗs) f (genitive ποτῆτος); third declension
- (Epic) a drink
Declension
Third declension of ποτής; ποτῆτος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ποτής potḗs | ποτῆτε potête | ποτῆτες potêtes | ||||||||||
Genitive | ποτῆτος potêtos | ποτήτοιῐν potḗtoiin | ποτήτων potḗtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ποτῆτῐ potêti | ποτήτοιῐν potḗtoiin | ποτῆσῐ / ποτῆσῐν / ποτήτεσσῐ / ποτήτεσσῐν / ποτήτεσῐ / ποτήτεσῐν potêsi(n) / potḗtessi(n) / potḗtesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | ποτῆτᾰ potêta | ποτῆτε potête | ποτῆτᾰς potêtas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ποτής potḗs | ποτῆτε potête | ποτῆτες potêtes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ποτής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ποτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ποτής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ποτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press