ποτόν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Nominalization of the neuter of ποτός (potós, “drinkable, for drinking”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós, from *peh₃- (“to drink”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈton/
Noun
ποτόν • (potón) n (genitive ποτοῦ); second declension
- a drink, beverage (especially wine)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ποτόν; τοῦ ποτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ποτόν tò potón | τὼ ποτώ tṑ potṓ | τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́ tà potá | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ποτοῦ toû potoû | τοῖν ποτοῖν toîn potoîn | τῶν ποτῶν tôn potôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ποτῷ tôi potôi | τοῖν ποτοῖν toîn potoîn | τοῖς ποτοῖς toîs potoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ποτόν tò potón | τὼ ποτώ tṑ potṓ | τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́ tà potá | ||||||||||
Vocative | ποτόν potón | ποτώ potṓ | ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
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Second declension of ποτόν; ποτοῦ (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ποτόν potón | ποτώ potṓ | ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
Genitive | ποτοῦ / ποτοῖο / ποτόο potoû / potoîo / potóo | ποτοῖῐν potoîin | ποτῶν potôn | ||||||||||
Dative | ποτῷ potôi | ποτοῖῐν potoîin | ποτοῖσῐ / ποτοῖσῐν / ποτοῖς potoîsi(n) / potoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | ποτόν potón | ποτώ potṓ | ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
Vocative | ποτόν potón | ποτώ potṓ | ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- πίνω (pínō)
Descendants
- Greek: ποτό (potó)
Further reading
- “ποτόν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ποτόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ποτόν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ποτόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beverage idem, page 77.
- draught idem, page 250.
- drink idem, page 252.
- juice idem, page 465.
- liquor idem, page 494.
- potion idem, page 629.
- water idem, page 967.