ποθή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- + -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.tʰɛ̌ː/ → /poˈθi/ → /poˈθi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.tʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈtʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈθi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈθi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈθi/

Noun

ποθή • (pothḗ) f (genitive ποθῆς); first declension

1. longing, desire

Declension

First declension of ἡ ποθή; τῆς ποθῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ποθή hē pothḗ	τὼ ποθᾱ́ tṑ pothā́	αἱ ποθαί hai pothaí
Genitive	τῆς ποθῆς tês pothês	τοῖν ποθαῖν toîn pothaîn	τῶν ποθῶν tôn pothôn
Dative	τῇ ποθῇ têi pothêi	τοῖν ποθαῖν toîn pothaîn	ταῖς ποθαῖς taîs pothaîs
Accusative	τὴν ποθήν tḕn pothḗn	τὼ ποθᾱ́ tṑ pothā́	τᾱ̀ς ποθᾱ́ς tā̀s pothā́s
Vocative	ποθή pothḗ	ποθᾱ́ pothā́	ποθαί pothaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ποθέω (pothéō)

Related terms

• πόθος (póthos)

Further reading

• “ποθή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ποθή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ποθή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ποθή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press