πότμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pót.mos/ → /ˈpot.mos/ → /ˈpot.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pót.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpot.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpot.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpot.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpot.mos/

Noun

πότμος • (pótmos) m (genitive πότμου); second declension

1. lot (fate that falls to one by chance), destiny

   Synonym: μοῖρα (moîra)

2. (Epic) evil destiny of death

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πότμος; τοῦ πότμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πότμος ho pótmos	τὼ πότμω tṑ pótmō	οἱ πότμοι hoi pótmoi
Genitive	τοῦ πότμου toû pótmou	τοῖν πότμοιν toîn pótmoin	τῶν πότμων tôn pótmōn
Dative	τῷ πότμῳ tôi pótmōi	τοῖν πότμοιν toîn pótmoin	τοῖς πότμοις toîs pótmois
Accusative	τὸν πότμον tòn pótmon	τὼ πότμω tṑ pótmō	τοὺς πότμους toùs pótmous
Vocative	πότμε pótme	πότμω pótmō	πότμοι pótmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πότμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • death idem, page 198.
  • destiny idem, page 217.
  • doom idem, page 247.
  • fate idem, page 309.
  • lot idem, page 501.