πόα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *póiwā, from Proto-Indo-European *póyH-weh₂, from *peyH-. Cognate with Lithuanian pieva (“meadow”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πόᾰ • (póă) f (genitive ποᾱς); first declension

  1. grass, hay
    • c. 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 194:
      ἀμφὶ δὲ ποίη ποσσὶν ὕπο ῥαδινοῖσιν ἀέξετο
      amphì dè poíē possìn húpo rhadinoîsin aéxeto
      The grass around was exalted under her slender feet
  2. (loosely) herbs, plants

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πόᾰ; τῆς πόᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πόᾰ
hē póă 		τὼ πόᾱ
tṑ póā 		αἱ πόαι
hai póai
Genitive τῆς πόᾱς
tês póās 		τοῖν πόαιν
toîn póain 		τῶν ποῶν
tôn poôn
Dative τῇ πόᾳ
tēî póāi 		τοῖν πόαιν
toîn póain 		ταῖς πόαις
taîs póais
Accusative τὴν πόᾰν
tḕn póăn 		τὼ πόᾱ
tṑ póā 		τᾱ̀ς πόᾱς
tā̀s póās
Vocative πόᾰ
póă 		πόᾱ
póā 		πόαι
póai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: πόα (póa)
  • → Latin: hermūpoa
  • → Translingual: Poa

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πόα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1214-1215

Further reading

Greek

Noun

πόα • (póa) f (plural πόες)

  1. herb, herbacious plant (plant whose stem isn't woody and which dies every year)
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