πόθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”). Cognate with English bid (“to invite, command”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πόθος • (póthos) m (genitive πόθου); second declension

  1. longing, yearning, regret
  2. love, desire
  3. (botany) larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
  4. (botany) asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ πόθος; τοῦ πόθου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πόθος
ho póthos		 τὼ πόθω
tṑ póthō		 οἱ πόθοι
hoi póthoi
Genitive τοῦ πόθου
toû póthou		 τοῖν πόθοιν
toîn póthoin		 τῶν πόθων
tôn póthōn
Dative τῷ πόθῳ
tôi póthōi		 τοῖν πόθοιν
toîn póthoin		 τοῖς πόθοις
toîs póthois
Accusative τὸν πόθον
tòn póthon		 τὼ πόθω
tṑ póthō		 τοὺς πόθους
toùs póthous
Vocative πόθε
póthe		 πόθω
póthō		 πόθοι
póthoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ποθέω (pothéō, “to long, yearn”)
  • ποθή (pothḗ, “longing, desire”)

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