Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πότιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πότιμος πότιμον

Structure: ποτιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: po/tos

Sense

  1. drinkable, fresh
  2. fresh, sweet, pleasant, mild, gentle

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἣ τὸ μὲν πικρὸν ἅπαν καὶ σκυθρωπὸν ὥσπερ ἐπιμιξία ποτίμου θάλασσαν ἐφηδύνει, τὸ δὲ δυσξύνετον ἅπαν καὶ νωθρὸν ἐπεγείρει ταῖσ μετ’ ἀνθρώπων κινήσεσιν ἀναρριπιζόμενον. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 23 9:1)
  • καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν κίστην, οἱ στολισταὶ καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖσ ἐκφέρουσι χρυσοῦν ἐντὸσ ἔχουσαν κιβώτιον, εἰσ ὃ ποτίμου λαβόντεσ ὕδατοσ ἐγχέουσι, καὶ γίγνεται κραυγὴ τῶν παρόντων ὡσ εὑρημένου τοῦ Ὀσίριδοσ· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 39 8:2)
  • δόξαντα δὲ ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα, τὰ μὲν στρατεύματα ἀπῆλθε, τὸ μὲν βαρβαρικὸν εἰσ Τράλλεισ τῆσ Καρίασ, τὸ δ’ Ἑλληνικὸν εἰσ Λεύκοφρυν, ἔνθα ἦν Ἀρτέμιδόσ τε ἱερὸν μάλα ἅγιον καὶ λίμνη πλέον ἢ σταδίου ὑπόψαμμοσ ἀέναοσ ποτίμου καὶ θερμοῦ ὕδατοσ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 24:1)
  • ἔστι δὲ πηγή τισ αὐτόθι ποτίμου ὕδατοσ ἐπὶ τῇ θαλάττῃ· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 10:12)
  • διήκουσι δ’ οἱ Πίκεντεσ μέχρι τοῦ Σιλάριδοσ ποταμοῦ τοῦ ὁρίζοντοσ ἀπὸ ταύτησ τῆσ χώρασ τὴν ἀρχαίαν Ἰταλίαν, ἐφ’ οὗ τοῦτ’ ἴδιον ἱστοροῦσιν περὶ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ὄντοσ ποτίμου, τὸ καθιέμενον εἰσ αὐτὸ φυτὸν ἀπολιθοῦσθαι φυλάττον τὴν χρόαν καὶ τὴν μορφήν. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 26:9)

Synonyms

  1. drinkable

  2. fresh

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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