πόθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”). Cognate with English bid (“to invite, command”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pó.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.θos/
Noun
πόθος • (póthos) m (genitive πόθου); second declension
- longing, yearning, regret
- love, desire
- (botany) larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
- (botany) asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πόθος ho póthos |
τὼ πόθω tṑ póthō |
οἱ πόθοι hoi póthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πόθου toû póthou |
τοῖν πόθοιν toîn póthoin |
τῶν πόθων tôn póthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πόθῳ tôi póthōi |
τοῖν πόθοιν toîn póthoin |
τοῖς πόθοις toîs póthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πόθον tòn póthon |
τὼ πόθω tṑ póthō |
τοὺς πόθους toùs póthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πόθε póthe |
πόθω póthō |
πόθοι póthoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- ποθέω (pothéō, “to long, yearn”)
- ποθή (pothḗ, “longing, desire”)
Descendants
- Greek: πόθος (póthos)
Further reading
- πόθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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