πόσος
See also: ποσός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόσος (kósos) – Ionic
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷotsos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti, adverb from *kʷos. Compare the indefinite form ποσός (posós). Cognate with Latin quot.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pó.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.sos/
Adjective
πόσος • (pósos) m (feminine πόση, neuter πόσον); first/second declension
- interrogative adjective of quantity: how much?, how many?, how big?, how great?, how far?, how long?
Inflection
First and second declension of πόσος; πόση; πόσον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | πόσος pósos | πόση pósē | πόσον póson | πόσω pósō | πόσᾱ pósā | πόσω pósō | πόσοι pósoi | πόσαι pósai | πόσᾰ pósa | |||||
Genitive | πόσου pósou | πόσης pósēs | πόσου pósou | πόσοιν pósoin | πόσαιν pósain | πόσοιν pósoin | πόσων pósōn | πόσων pósōn | πόσων pósōn | |||||
Dative | πόσῳ pósōi | πόσῃ pósēi | πόσῳ pósōi | πόσοιν pósoin | πόσαιν pósain | πόσοιν pósoin | πόσοις pósois | πόσαις pósais | πόσοις pósois | |||||
Accusative | πόσον póson | πόσην pósēn | πόσον póson | πόσω pósō | πόσᾱ pósā | πόσω pósō | πόσους pósous | πόσᾱς pósās | πόσᾰ pósa | |||||
Vocative | πόσε póse | πόση pósē | πόσον póson | πόσω pósō | πόσᾱ pósā | πόσω pósō | πόσοι pósoi | πόσαι pósai | πόσᾰ pósa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πόσως pósōs | ποσώτερος posṓteros | ποσώτᾰτος posṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ποσαπλάσιος (posaplásios)
References
- “πόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G4214 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- amount idem, page 28.
- big idem, page 78.
- great idem, page 372.
- how idem, page 408.
- large idem, page 476.
- much idem, page 545.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷotsos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti, adverb from *kʷos.
Pronoun
πόσος • (pósos) m (feminine πόση, neuter πόσο) interrogative
- how much? (questions of quantity and extent)
- Πόσο κάνει;
- Póso kánei?
- How much?
- Πόσο γάλα;
- Póso gála?
- How much milk?
- Πόση ώρα είσαι εδώ;
- Pósi óra eísai edó?
- How long have you been here?
- (in the plural) how many? (questions of quantity)
- Πόσοι θέλετε καφέ;
- Pósoi thélete kafé?
- How many want coffee?
Declension
declension of 'πόσος'
m·s | f·s | n·s | m·p | f·p | n·p | |
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nominative | πόσος | πόση | πόσο | πόσοι | πόσες | πόσα |
genitive | πόσου | πόσης | πόσου | πόσων | πόσων | πόσων |
accusative | πόσο | πόση | πόσο | πόσους | πόσες | πόσα |
vocative | πόσε | πόση | πόσο | πόσοι | πόσες | πόσα |