"ποτήριον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ποτήριον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /po.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/, /poˈti.ri.on/, /poˈti.ri.on/, /po.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /poˈte̝.ri.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /poˈti.ri.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /poˈti.ri.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /poˈti.ri.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Diminutive of ποτήρ (potḗr, “cup”), from πίνω (pínō, “I drink”) Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*peh₃-}} Head templates: {{grc-noun|ποτηρῐ́ου|n|second|head=ποτήρῐον}} ποτήρῐον • (potḗrĭon) n (genitive ποτηρῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ποτήρῐον|ποτηρῐ́ου}} Forms: ποτήρῐον [canonical], potḗrĭon [romanization], ποτηρῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ποτήρῐον [nominative, singular], ποτηρῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ποτήρῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ποτηρῐ́ου [genitive, singular], ποτηρῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], ποτηρῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ ποτηρῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], ποτηρῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ποτηρῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ ποτήρῐον [accusative, singular], ποτηρῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ποτήρῐᾰ [accusative, plural], ποτήρῐον [singular, vocative], ποτηρῐ́ω [dual, vocative], ποτήρῐᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. cup
    the cup of the Eucharist
    Sense id: en-ποτήριον-grc-noun-m4dZQIj-
  2. cup
    jar
    Sense id: en-ποτήριον-grc-noun-CkYZs0B9
  3. cup
    receptacle for offerings in a temple
    Sense id: en-ποτήριον-grc-noun-QmHrPADN
  4. absorbent preparation
    Sense id: en-ποτήριον-grc-noun-VLcBO-hF
  5. goat's thorn (Astragalus spp., eg, Astragalus poterium, Astragalus tragacanthus)
    Sense id: en-ποτήριον-grc-noun-8vsGOD4Z Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Legumes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 23 4 14 12 48 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 9 7 22 21 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 1 12 1 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 1 12 1 52 Disambiguation of Legumes: 26 3 11 3 58
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