ποτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Diminutive of ποτήρ (potḗr, “cup”), from πίνω (pínō, “I drink”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ποτήρῐον • (potḗrion) n (genitive ποτηρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. cup
    1. the cup of the Eucharist
    2. jar
    3. receptacle for offerings in a temple
  2. absorbent preparation
  3. goat's thorn (Astragalus spp., eg, Astragalus poterium, Astragalus tragacanthus)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ποτήρῐον; τοῦ ποτηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ποτήρῐον
tò potḗrion		 τὼ ποτηρῐ́ω
tṑ potēríō		 τᾰ̀ ποτήρῐᾰ
tà potḗria
Genitive τοῦ ποτηρῐ́ου
toû potēríou		 τοῖν ποτηρῐ́οιν
toîn potēríoin		 τῶν ποτηρῐ́ων
tôn potēríōn
Dative τῷ ποτηρῐ́ῳ
tôi potēríōi		 τοῖν ποτηρῐ́οιν
toîn potēríoin		 τοῖς ποτηρῐ́οις
toîs potēríois
Accusative τὸ ποτήρῐον
tò potḗrion		 τὼ ποτηρῐ́ω
tṑ potēríō		 τᾰ̀ ποτήρῐᾰ
tà potḗria
Vocative ποτήρῐον
potḗrion		 ποτηρῐ́ω
potēríō		 ποτήρῐᾰ
potḗria
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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