Ποσειδῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ποσείδαν (Poseídan), Ποσειδάν (Poseidán) – Aeolic
Ποσειδάων (Poseidáōn) – Homeric
Ποσειδέων (Poseidéōn) – Ionic
Ποσοιδάν (Posoidán) – Arcadian
Ποτειδάν (Poteidán), Ποτειδάϝων (Poteidáwōn), Ποτειδάων (Poteidáōn), Ποτ(ε)ιδᾶς (Pot(e)idâs) – Doric
Ποτοίδαν (Potoídan) – Aeolian? (Pergamum)
Ποὁιδάν (Pohoidán) – Laconian

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀮𐀅𐀃 (po-se-da-o); possibly from a vocative *Πότ(ε)ι Δᾶς (*Pót(e)i Dâs) from πόσις (pósis, “master, husband”) and *Δα (Γῆ (Gê), see Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr)[1] and Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀚𐀯𐀅𐀃𐀚 (e-ne-si-da-o-ne),which would be cognate with ἐννοσίγαιος (ennosígaios)).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.seː.dɔ̂ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.siˈdon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.siˈðon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.siˈðon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.siˈðon/

Proper noun

Ποσειδῶν • (Poseidôn) m (genitive Ποσειδῶνος); third declension

Poseidon

Usage notes

In archaic and verse, the irregular singular accusative case is Ποσειδῶ (Poseidô).

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ποσειδῶν; τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ποσειδῶν ho Poseidôn
Genitive	τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος toû Poseidônos
Dative	τῷ Ποσειδῶνῐ tôi Poseidôni
Accusative	τὸν Ποσειδῶνᾰ tòn Poseidôna
Vocative	Ποσειδῶν Poseidôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ποσειδεών (Poseideṓn)
Ποσειδώνιον (Poseidṓnion)
Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidṓnios)

Descendants

Arabic: بوسيدون‎
Basque: Poseidon
Breton: Poseidon
Bulgarian: Посейдон (Posejdon)
Catalan: Posidó
Czech: Poseidón
Danish: Poseidon
Dutch: Poseidon
English: Poseidon
Estonian: Poseidon
Finnish: Poseidon
French: Poséidon
Galician: Poseidón
Georgian: პოსეიდონი (ṗoseidoni)
German: Poseidon
Greek: Ποσειδών (Poseidón), Ποσειδώνας (Poseidónas)
Hebrew: פוסידון‎
Hungarian: Poszeidón
Indonesian: Poseidon
Italian: Poseidone
Japanese: ポセイドーン (Poseidōn)
Korean: 포세이돈 (poseidon)
Latin: Posidon
Latvian: Poseidons
Lithuanian: Poseidonas
Low German: Poseidon
Luxembourgish: Poseidon
Norwegian: Poseidon
Polish: Posejdon
Portuguese: Posídon
Romanian: Poseidon
Russian: Посейдон (Posejdon)
Serbo-Croatian: Посејдон, Posejdon
Slovak: Poseidón
Slovene: Pozejdon
Spanish: Poseidón
Thai: โพไซดอน
Turkish: Poseidon, Posedon
Ukrainian: Посейдон (Posejdon)

References

Martin Nilsson. Die Geschichte der Griechischen Religion. Erster Band Verlag C. H. Beck. p 417.