ποσότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From πόσος (pósos) +‎ -της (-tēs).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ποσότης • (posótēs) f (genitive ποσότητος); third declension

    1. quantity
    2. amount, sum (of money etc.)
    3. (poetry) quantity (of syllables)

    Declension

    Third declension of ἡ ποσότης; τῆς ποσότητος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ ποσότης
    hē posótēs     		τὼ ποσότητε
    tṑ posótēte     		αἱ ποσότητες
    hai posótētes
    Genitive τῆς ποσότητος
    tês posótētos     		τοῖν ποσοτήτοιν
    toîn posotḗtoin     		τῶν ποσοτήτων
    tôn posotḗtōn
    Dative τῇ ποσότητῐ
    tēî posótētĭ     		τοῖν ποσοτήτοιν
    toîn posotḗtoin     		ταῖς ποσότησῐ / ποσότησῐν
    taîs posótēsĭ(n)
    Accusative τὴν ποσότητᾰ
    tḕn posótētă     		τὼ ποσότητε
    tṑ posótēte     		τᾱ̀ς ποσότητᾰς
    tā̀s posótētăs
    Vocative ποσότης
    posótēs     		ποσότητε
    posótēte     		ποσότητες
    posótētes
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
    • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-τς (*-ts).

    Descendants

    • Greek: ποσότητα (posótita)
    • → Latin: quantitās (calque) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle Polish: ilość (calque) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old Church Slavonic: количьство (količĭstvo) (calque)

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