ποτής

See also: πότης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ποτᾱ́ς (potā́s) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-; compare πίνω (pínō) and πόσις (pósis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.tɛ̌ːs/ → /poˈtis/ → /poˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈtis/

Noun

ποτής • (potḗs) f (genitive ποτῆτος); third declension

1. (Epic) a drink

Declension

Third declension of ποτής; ποτῆτος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

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