πῶυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *poh₂yu, from *peh₂- (“to protect”), whence also ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd, herdsmen”). Cognate with Sanskrit पायु (pāyú, “guard, protector”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̂ː.y/ → /ˈpo.y/ → /ˈpo.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɔ̂ː.y/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.y/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.y/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.y/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.i/

Noun

πῶῠ • (pôu) n (genitive πώεος); third declension

1. flock of sheep
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.198:

     ἀρνειῷ μιν ἔγωγε ἐΐσκω πηγεσιμάλλῳ,
     ὅς τ᾽ οἰῶν μέγα πῶυ διέρχεται ἀργεννάων.

     arneiôi min égōge eḯskō pēgesimállōi,
     hós t᾽ oiôn méga pôu diérkhetai argennáōn.

     Like a ram he seemeth to me, a ram of thick fleece,
     that paceth through a great flock of white ewes.

Inflection

Third declension of πῶῠ; πώεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πῶῠ pôu	πώει pṓei	πώη / πώεᾰ pṓē / pṓea
Genitive	πώεος pṓeos	πωέοιῐν pōéoiin	πώεων pṓeōn
Dative	πώει pṓei	πωέοιῐν pōéoiin	πωέεσσῐ / πωέεσσῐν / πωέεσῐ / πωέεσῐν / πώεσῐ / πώεσῐν pōéessi(n) / pōéesi(n) / pṓesi(n)
Accusative	πῶῠ pôu	πώει pṓei	πώη / πώεᾰ pṓē / pṓea
Vocative	πῶῠ pôu	πώει pṓei	πώη / πώεᾰ pṓē / pṓea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “πῶυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πῶυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πῶυ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πῶυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette