ποτόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominalization of the neuter of ποτός (potós, “drinkable, for drinking”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós, from *peh₃- (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.tón/ → /poˈton/ → /poˈton/

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

Noun

ποτόν • (potón) n (genitive ποτοῦ); second declension

1. a drink, beverage (especially wine)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ποτόν; τοῦ ποτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ποτόν; ποτοῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• πίνω (pínō)

Descendants

• Greek: ποτό (potó)

Further reading

• “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.
  • beverage idem, page 77.
  • draught idem, page 250.
  • drink idem, page 252.
  • juice idem, page 465.
  • liquor idem, page 494.
  • potion idem, page 629.
  • water idem, page 967.