ποτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίνω (pínō, “to drink”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.tɛ̌ːr/ → /poˈtir/ → /poˈtir/

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

Noun

ποτήρ • (potḗr) m (genitive ποτῆρος); third declension

1. drinking-cup

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ποτήρ; τοῦ ποτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ποτήρ ho potḗr	τὼ ποτῆρε tṑ potêre	οἱ ποτῆρες hoi potêres
Genitive	τοῦ ποτῆρος toû potêros	τοῖν ποτήροιν toîn potḗroin	τῶν ποτήρων tôn potḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ποτῆρῐ tôi potêri	τοῖν ποτήροιν toîn potḗroin	τοῖς ποτῆρσῐ / ποτῆρσῐν toîs potêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ποτῆρᾰ tòn potêra	τὼ ποτῆρε tṑ potêre	τοὺς ποτῆρᾰς toùs potêras
Vocative	ποτήρ potḗr	ποτῆρε potêre	ποτῆρες potêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ποτήριον (potḗrion)
• ποτηροθήκη (potērothḗkē)
• ποτηροπλύτης (potēroplútēs)

 

Further reading

• “ποτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ποτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette