πῶυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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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

Inflection

Irregular declension of τὸ πῶῠ; τοῦ πώεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῶῠ tò pôu	τᾰ̀ πώεᾰ tà pṓea
Genitive	τοῦ πώεος toû pṓeos	—
Dative	—	τοῖς πώεσῐ toîs pṓesi
Accusative	τὸ πῶῠ tò pôu	τᾰ̀ πώεᾰ tà pṓea
Vocative	πῶῠ pôu	πώεᾰ pṓea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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