ποτόν

Ancient Greek

Nominalization of the neuter of ποτός (potós, “drinkable, for drinking”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós, from *peh₃- (“to drink”).

ποτόν • (potón) n (genitive ποτοῦ); second declension

Second declension of τὸ ποτόν; τοῦ ποτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ποτόν tò potón	τὼ ποτώ tṑ potṓ	τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́ tà potá
Genitive	τοῦ ποτοῦ toû potoû	τοῖν ποτοῖν toîn potoîn	τῶν ποτῶν tôn potôn
Dative	τῷ ποτῷ tôi potôi	τοῖν ποτοῖν toîn potoîn	τοῖς ποτοῖς toîs potoîs
Accusative	τὸ ποτόν tò potón	τὼ ποτώ tṑ potṓ	τᾰ̀ ποτᾰ́ tà potá
Vocative	ποτόν potón	ποτώ potṓ	ποτᾰ́ potá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ποτόν; ποτοῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ποτόν potón	ποτώ potṓ	ποτᾰ́ potá
Genitive	ποτοῦ / ποτοῖο / ποτόο potoû / potoîo / potóo	ποτοῖῐν potoîin	ποτῶν potôn
Dative	ποτῷ potôi	ποτοῖῐν potoîin	ποτοῖσῐ / ποτοῖσῐν / ποτοῖς potoîsi(n) / potoîs
Accusative	ποτόν potón	ποτώ potṓ	ποτᾰ́ potá
Vocative	ποτόν potón	ποτώ potṓ	ποτᾰ́ potá
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.