πόσις

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pótis. Cognates include Latin potis and Sanskrit पति (pati).

Alternative forms

  • πόσσις (póssis) poetic

Noun

πόσις (pósis) m (genitive πόσιος); third declension

  1. husband
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ἀριστόποσις (aristóposis)
  • μελλόποσις (mellóposis)
  • πρωτόποσις (prōtóposis)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tis, from *peh₃- (to drink) (compare πίνω (pínō, I drink)).

Noun

πόσις (pósis) f (genitive πόσιος or πόσεως); third declension

  1. the act of drinking
  2. drink, beverage
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ἀνάποσις (anáposis)
  • ἐγκατάποσις (enkatáposis)
  • κατάποσις (katáposis)
  • πρόποσις (próposis)

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