πῶυ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *poh₂yu, from *peh₂- (“to protect”), whence also ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd, herdsmen”). Cognate with Sanskrit पायु (pāyú, “guard, protector”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɔ̂ː.y/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.y/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.y/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.y/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.i/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πῶῠ tò pôu |
τᾰ̀ πώεᾰ tà pṓea | |||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πώεος toû pṓeos |
— | |||||||||||
Dative | — | τοῖς πώεσῐ toîs pṓesi | |||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πῶῠ tò pôu |
τᾰ̀ πώεᾰ tà pṓea | |||||||||||
Vocative | πῶῠ pôu |
πώεᾰ pṓea | |||||||||||
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References
- πῶυ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πῶυ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πῶυ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πῶυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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