πότνια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *pótnia, from Proto-Indo-European *pótnih₂. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊 (po-ti-ni-ja), Sanskrit पत्नी (patnī, “mistress, wife”), Lithuanian pati (“wife”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pó.tni.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tni.a/
Noun
πότνῐᾰ • (pótnĭă) f (genitive ποτνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πότνῐᾰ / πότνᾰ hē pótnĭă / pótnă |
τὼ ποτνῐ́ᾱ tṑ potnĭ́ā |
αἱ πότνῐαι hai pótnĭai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ποτνῐ́ᾱς tês potnĭ́ās |
τοῖν ποτνῐ́αιν toîn potnĭ́ain |
τῶν ποτνῐῶν tôn potnĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ποτνῐ́ᾳ tēî potnĭ́āi |
τοῖν ποτνῐ́αιν toîn potnĭ́ain |
ταῖς ποτνῐ́αις taîs potnĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πότνῐᾰν tḕn pótnĭăn |
τὼ ποτνῐ́ᾱ tṑ potnĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ποτνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s potnĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πότνῐᾰ / πότνᾰ pótnĭă / pótnă |
ποτνῐ́ᾱ potnĭ́ā |
πότνῐαι pótnĭai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
References
- “πότνια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πότνια, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011