πόσθη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Has been connected with Ancient Greek πέος (péos, “penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-o- (“penis”), but the derivation is problematic. Beekes thinks it is likely a loan from a non-Indo-European-Language, like Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pós.tʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpos.tʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpos.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpos.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpos.θi/
Noun
πόσθη • (pósthē) f (genitive πόσθης); first declension
- (anatomy) The penis
- foreskin
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πόσθη; τῆς πόσθης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πόσθη hē pósthē | τὼ πόσθᾱ tṑ pósthā | αἱ πόσθαι hai pósthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πόσθης tês pósthēs | τοῖν πόσθαιν toîn pósthain | τῶν ποσθῶν tôn posthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πόσθῃ têi pósthēi | τοῖν πόσθαιν toîn pósthain | ταῖς πόσθαις taîs pósthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πόσθην tḕn pósthēn | τὼ πόσθᾱ tṑ pósthā | τᾱ̀ς πόσθᾱς tā̀s pósthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πόσθη pósthē | πόσθᾱ pósthā | πόσθαι pósthai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκροβυστία (akrobustía)
- ποσθαλίσκος (posthalískos)
- πόσθιον (pósthion)
- πόσθων (pósthōn)
Descendants
- Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)
References
- πόσθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1224
- Boisacq, Émile (1916), “πόσθη”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 806
- Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “πόσθη”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 931
- Frisk, Hjalmar (1970), “πόσθη”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 584
- Hofmann, J. B. (1949), “πόσθη”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg, page 281
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “πόσθη”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 912
- “πόσθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πόσθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔsθi]
Noun
πόσθη • (pósthi) f (uncountable)
- (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce
Declension
πόσθη
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | πόσθη • |
genitive | πόσθης • |
accusative | πόσθη • |
vocative | πόσθη • |
Synonyms
- ακροβυστία f (akrovystía)
- ακροποσθία f (akroposthía)
Derived terms
- ποσθίτιδα f (posthítida, “infection of the foreskin”)