Ποσειδῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ποτείδαν (Poteídan) Aeolic
  • Ποσειδάν (Poseidán), Ποτειδάν (Poteidán), Ποτειδᾶς (Poteidâs), Ποτειδάων (Poteidáōn) Doric
  • Ποσειδάων (Poseidáōn) Homeric
  • Ποσειδέων (Poseidéōn) Ionic

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀮𐀅𐀃 (po-se-da-o); possibly from a vocative *Πότ(ε)ι Δᾶς (*Pót(e)i Dâs) from πόσις (pósis, master, husband) and *Δα (Γῆ (), see Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr))[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn) m (genitive Ποσειδῶνος); third declension

  1. Poseidon

Usage notes

In archaic and verse, the irregular singular accusative case is Ποσειδῶ (Poseidô).

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Martin Nilsson. Die Geschichte der Griechischen Religion. Erster Band Verlag C. H. Beck. p 417.

Further reading

  • Ποσειδῶν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ποσειδῶν in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
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