"πόσθη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πόσθη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pós.tʰɛː/, /ˈpos.θi/, /ˈpos.θi/, /pós.tʰɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpos.tʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpos.θi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpos.θi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpos.θi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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. Etymology templates: {{ncog|grc|πέος||penis}} Ancient Greek πέος (péos, “penis”), {{ncog|ine-pro|*pes-|*pes-o-|penis}} Proto-Indo-European *pes-o- (“penis”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|πόσθης|f|first}} πόσθη • (pósthē) f (genitive πόσθης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πόσθη|πόσθης|form=F}} Forms: pósthē [romanization], πόσθης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ πόσθη [nominative, singular], πόσθᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ πόσθαι [nominative, plural], τῆς πόσθης [genitive, singular], πόσθαιν [dual, genitive], ποσθῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ πόσθῃ [dative, singular], πόσθαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πόσθαις [dative, plural], τὴν πόσθην [accusative, singular], πόσθᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πόσθᾱς [accusative, plural], πόσθη [singular, vocative], πόσθᾱ [dual, vocative], πόσθαι [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) The penis
    Sense id: en-πόσθη-grc-noun-xFAyH5Cc Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy) The penis
    foreskin
    Sense id: en-πόσθη-grc-noun-HpKHhpho Categories (other): Anatomy, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀκροβυστία (akrobustía), ποσθαλίσκος (posthalískos), πόσθιον (pósthion), πόσθων (pósthōn)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "akrobustía",
      "word": "ἀκροβυστία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "posthalískos",
      "word": "ποσθαλίσκος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pósthion",
      "word": "πόσθιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pósthōn",
      "word": "πόσθων"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πόσθη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πέος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πέος (péos, “penis”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pes-",
        "3": "*pes-o-",
        "4": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pes-o- (“penis”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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    {
      "form": "pósthē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ πόσθη",
      "roman": "hē pósthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθᾱ",
      "roman": "pósthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ πόσθαι",
      "roman": "hai pósthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς πόσθης",
      "roman": "tês pósthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθαιν",
      "roman": "pósthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ποσθῶν",
      "roman": "posthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ πόσθῃ",
      "roman": "têi pósthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθαιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πόσθαις",
      "roman": "taîs pósthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πόσθην",
      "roman": "tḕn pósthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθᾱ",
      "roman": "pósthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πόσθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pósthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθη",
      "roman": "pósthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθᾱ",
      "roman": "pósthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθαι",
      "roman": "pósthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "πόσθης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόσθη",
        "2": "πόσθης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "grc:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "The penis"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόσθη-grc-noun-xFAyH5Cc",
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          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) The penis"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "The penis",
        "foreskin"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ],
        [
          "foreskin",
          "foreskin"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) The penis",
        "foreskin"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pós.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pós.tʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόσθη"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "akrobustía",
      "word": "ἀκροβυστία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "posthalískos",
      "word": "ποσθαλίσκος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pósthion",
      "word": "πόσθιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pósthōn",
      "word": "πόσθων"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πόσθη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πόσθη (pósthi)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πέος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πέος (péos, “penis”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*pes-",
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        "4": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pes-o- (“penis”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "qsb-grc",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pósthē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ πόσθη",
      "roman": "hē pósthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθᾱ",
      "roman": "pósthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ πόσθαι",
      "roman": "hai pósthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς πόσθης",
      "roman": "tês pósthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθαιν",
      "roman": "pósthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ποσθῶν",
      "roman": "posthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ πόσθῃ",
      "roman": "têi pósthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθαιν",
      "roman": "pósthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πόσθαις",
      "roman": "taîs pósthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πόσθην",
      "roman": "tḕn pósthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθᾱ",
      "roman": "pósthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πόσθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pósthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθη",
      "roman": "pósthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθᾱ",
      "roman": "pósthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόσθαι",
      "roman": "pósthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόσθης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "πόσθη • (pósthē) f (genitive πόσθης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόσθη",
        "2": "πόσθης",
        "form": "F"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The penis"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
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          "penis",
          "penis"
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      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
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        "The penis",
        "foreskin"
      ],
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          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
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          "penis",
          "penis"
        ],
        [
          "foreskin",
          "foreskin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) The penis",
        "foreskin"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pós.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pós.tʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόσθη"
}

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