ποτόν
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editNominalization of the neuter of ποτός (potós, “drinkable, for drinking”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós, from *peh₃- (“to drink”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈton/
Noun
editποτόν • (potón) n (genitive ποτοῦ); second declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ποτόν tò potón |
τὼ ποτώ tṑ potṓ |
τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́ tà potá | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ποτοῦ toû potoû |
τοῖν ποτοῖν toîn potoîn |
τῶν ποτῶν tôn potôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ποτῷ tôi potôi |
τοῖν ποτοῖν toîn potoîn |
τοῖς ποτοῖς toîs potoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ποτόν tò potón |
τὼ ποτώ tṑ potṓ |
τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́ tà potá | ||||||||||
Vocative | ποτόν potón |
ποτώ potṓ |
ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ποτόν potón |
ποτώ potṓ |
ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
Genitive | ποτοῦ / ποτοῖο / ποτόο potoû / potoîo / potóo |
ποτοῖῐν potoîin |
ποτῶν potôn | ||||||||||
Dative | ποτῷ potôi |
ποτοῖῐν potoîin |
ποτοῖσῐ / ποτοῖσῐν / ποτοῖς potoîsi(n) / potoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | ποτόν potón |
ποτώ potṓ |
ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
Vocative | ποτόν potón |
ποτώ potṓ |
ποτᾰ́ potá | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Related terms
edit- πίνω (pínō)
Descendants
edit- Greek: ποτό (potó)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πίνω (> DER A. > 1. ποτόν)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1194-5
Further reading
edit- “ποτόν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ποτόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ποτόν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ποτόν”, 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.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₃-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
- grc:Drinking