πόα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *póiwā, from Proto-Indo-European *póyH-weh₂, from *peyH-. Cognate with Lithuanian pieva (“meadow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pó.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.a/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πόᾰ hē póa |
τὼ πόᾱ tṑ póā |
αἱ πόαι hai póai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πόᾱς tês póās |
τοῖν πόαιν toîn póain |
τῶν ποῶν tôn poôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πόᾳ têi póāi |
τοῖν πόαιν toîn póain |
ταῖς πόαις taîs póais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πόᾰν tḕn póan |
τὼ πόᾱ tṑ póā |
τᾱ̀ς πόᾱς tā̀s póās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πόᾰ póa |
πόᾱ póā |
πόαι póai | ||||||||||
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References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1214-1215
Further reading
- “πόα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πόα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- πόα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Noun
πόα • (póa) f (plural πόες)
- herb, herbacious plant (plant whose stem isn't woody and which dies every year)
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