πόσθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with Ancient Greek πέος (péos, “penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-o- (“penis”), but the derivation is problematic. Beekes thinks it is likely a loan from a non-Indo-European-Language, like Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pós.tʰɛː/ → /ˈpos.θi/ → /ˈpos.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pós.tʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.tʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.θi/

Noun

πόσθη • (pósthē) f (genitive πόσθης); first declension

1. (anatomy) penis
2. foreskin

   Near-synonyms: ᾰ̓κροβῠστῐ́ᾱ (ăkrobŭstĭ́ā), ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ (ăkroposthĭ́ā)

Declension

First declension of ἡ πόσθη; τῆς πόσθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πόσθη hē pósthē	τὼ πόσθᾱ tṑ pósthā	αἱ πόσθαι hai pósthai
Genitive	τῆς πόσθης tês pósthēs	τοῖν πόσθαιν toîn pósthain	τῶν ποσθῶν tôn posthôn
Dative	τῇ πόσθῃ tēî pósthēi	τοῖν πόσθαιν toîn pósthain	ταῖς πόσθαις taîs pósthais
Accusative	τὴν πόσθην tḕn pósthēn	τὼ πόσθᾱ tṑ pósthā	τᾱ̀ς πόσθᾱς tā̀s pósthās
Vocative	πόσθη pósthē	πόσθᾱ pósthā	πόσθαι pósthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ (ăkroposthĭ́ā)
• ποσθᾰλῐ́σκος (posthălĭ́skos)
• πόσθῐον (pósthĭon)
• πόσθων (pósthōn)

Descendants

• Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)

References

• πόσθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1224
• Boisacq, Émile (1916), “πόσθη”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 806
• Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “πόσθη”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 931
• Frisk, Hjalmar (1970), “πόσθη”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 584
• Hofmann, J. B. (1949), “πόσθη”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen‎^[1] (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg, page 281
• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “πόσθη”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 912
• “πόσθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πόσθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔsθi]

Noun

πόσθη • (pósthi) f (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce

Declension

Declension of πόσθη

	singular
nominative	πόσθη (pósthi)
genitive	πόσθης (pósthis)
accusative	πόσθη (pósthi)
vocative	πόσθη (pósthi)

Synonyms

• ακροβυστία f (akrovystía)
• ακροποσθία f (akroposthía)

Derived terms

• ποσθίτιδα f (posthítida, “infection of the foreskin”)