πόσθη

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pós.tʰɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.tʰe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/

Noun edit

πόσθη • (pósthē) f (genitive πόσθης); first declension

(anatomy) The penis
1. foreskin

Inflection edit

First declension of ἡ πόσθη; τῆς πόσθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms edit

ἀκροβυστία (akrobustía)
ποσθαλίσκος (posthalískos)
πόσθιον (pósthion)
πόσθων (pósthōn)

Descendants edit

Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)

References edit

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^[1] (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