πότος

See also: ποτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A zero-grade nominal form from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (to drink), though the exact derivation is unclear.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πότος • (pótosm (genitive πότου); second declension

  1. an instance of drinking: a draught, a drink
    1. drinking-bout, carousal
      • c. 370 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.26:
        ἐπειδὴ δὲ προυχώρει ὁ πότος, εἰσῆλθεν ἀνὴρ Θρᾷξ ἵππον ἔχων λευκόν.
        epeidḕ dè proukhṓrei ho pótos, eisêlthen anḕr Thrāîx híppon ékhōn leukón.
        When the drinking-bout was well under way, there entered a Thracian man with a white horse.

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1194:DER > line 2 > πότος

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