ποιητής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ποητής (poētḗs) – Delphic
Etymology
From ποιέω (poiéō, to make) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /poi̯.ɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /py.eˈtes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /py.iˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /py.iˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.iˈtis/
Noun
ποιητής • (poiētḗs) m (genitive ποιητοῦ); first declension
(Attic, Ionic, Koine)
- A maker, inventor, lawgiver
- The composer of a poem, author, poet
- The composer of music
- The author of a speech
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ποιητής ho poiētḗs |
τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́ |
οἱ ποιηταί hoi poiētaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ποιητοῦ toû poiētoû |
τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn |
τῶν ποιητῶν tôn poiētôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ποιητῇ tôi poiētêi |
τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn |
τοῖς ποιηταῖς toîs poiētaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ποιητήν tòn poiētḗn |
τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́ |
τοὺς ποιητᾱ́ς toùs poiētā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ποιητᾰ́ poiētá |
ποιητᾱ́ poiētā́ |
ποιηταί poiētaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ποιητής ho poiētḗs |
τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́ |
οἱ ποιηταί hoi poiētaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ποιητέω / ποιητῶ toû poiētéō / poiētô |
τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn |
τῶν ποιητέων / ποιητῶν tôn poiētéōn / poiētôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ποιητῇ tôi poiētêi |
τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn |
τοῖσῐ(ν) ποιητῇσῐ(ν) toîsi(n) poiētêisi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ποιητήν tòn poiētḗn |
τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́ |
τοὺς ποιητᾱ́ς toùs poiētā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ποιητᾰ́ poiētá |
ποιητᾱ́ poiētā́ |
ποιηταί poiētaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
References
- ποιητής in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ποιητής in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ποιητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4163 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Noun
ποιητής • (poiitís) m, f (plural ποιητές, feminine ποιήτρια)
- poet (usually male)
Declension
Related terms
- see: ποίηση f (poíisi, “poetry”)
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