πότνια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pótnih₂. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊 (po-ti-ni-ja), Sanskrit पत्नी (patnī, “mistress, wife”), Lithuanian pati (“wife”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πότνιᾰ • (pótnia) f (genitive ποτνίᾱς); first declension

  1. mistress, lady
    Πότνια θηρῶν

Inflection
First declension of ἡ πότνιᾰ; τῆς ποτνίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πότνιᾰ
hē pótnia		 τὼ ποτνίᾱ
tṑ potníā		 αἱ πότνιαι
hai pótniai
Genitive τῆς ποτνίᾱς
tês potníās		 τοῖν ποτνίαιν
toîn potníain		 τῶν ποτνιῶν
tôn potniôn
Dative τῇ ποτνίᾳ
têi potníāi		 τοῖν ποτνίαιν
toîn potníain		 ταῖς ποτνίαις
taîs potníais
Accusative τὴν πότνιᾰν
tḕn pótnian		 τὼ ποτνίᾱ
tṑ potníā		 τᾱ̀ς ποτνίᾱς
tā̀s potníās
Vocative πότνιᾰ
pótnia		 ποτνίᾱ
potníā		 πότνιαι
pótniai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
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