πόσος

See also: ποσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κόσος (kósos) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷotsos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti, adverb from *kʷos (“what”). Compare the indefinite form ποσός (posós). Cognate with Latin quot, Sanskrit कति (káti).^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pó.sos/ → /ˈpo.sos/ → /ˈpo.sos/

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

Adjective

πόσος • (pósos) m (feminine πόση, neuter πόσον); first/second declension

1. interrogative adjective of quantity: how much?, how many?, how big?, how great?, how far?, how long?

Inflection

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πόσος pósos	πόση pósē	πόσον póson		πόσω pósō	πόσᾱ pósā	πόσω pósō		πόσοι pósoi	πόσαι pósai	πόσᾰ pósa
Genitive		πόσου pósou	πόσης pósēs	πόσου pósou		πόσοιν pósoin	πόσαιν pósain	πόσοιν pósoin		πόσων pósōn	πόσων pósōn	πόσων pósōn
Dative		πόσῳ pósōi	πόσῃ pósēi	πόσῳ pósōi		πόσοιν pósoin	πόσαιν pósain	πόσοιν pósoin		πόσοις pósois	πόσαις pósais	πόσοις pósois
Accusative		πόσον póson	πόσην pósēn	πόσον póson		πόσω pósō	πόσᾱ pósā	πόσω pósō		πόσους pósous	πόσᾱς pósās	πόσᾰ pósa
Vocative		πόσε póse	πόση pósē	πόσον póson		πόσω pósō	πόσᾱ pósā	πόσω pósō		πόσοι pósoi	πόσαι pósai	πόσᾰ pósa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πόσως pósōs				ποσώτερος posṓteros				ποσώτᾰτος posṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of πόσος; πόση; πόσον (Attic)

Derived terms

• ποσαπλάσιος (posaplásios)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόσος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1225

Further reading

• “πόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G4214 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amount idem, page 28.
  • big idem, page 78.
  • great idem, page 372.
  • how idem, page 408.
  • large idem, page 476.
  • much idem, page 545.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷotsos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti, adverb from *kʷos.

Pronoun

πόσος • (pósos) m (feminine πόση, neuter πόσο)  interrogative

1. how much? (questions of quantity and extent)

   Πόσο κάνει; ― Póso kánei? ― How much?

   Πόσο γάλα; ― Póso gála? ― How much milk?

   Πόση ώρα είσαι εδώ; ― Pósi óra eísai edó? ― How long have you been here?

2. (in the plural) how many? (questions of quantity)

   Πόσοι θέλετε καφέ; ― Pósoi thélete kafé? ― How many want coffee?

Declension

Declension of πόσος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πόσος (pósos)	πόση (pósi)	πόσο (póso)		πόσοι (pósoi)	πόσες (póses)	πόσα (pósa)
genitive	πόσου (pósou)	πόσης (pósis)	πόσου (pósou)		πόσων (póson)	πόσων (póson)	πόσων (póson)
accusative	πόσο (póso)	πόση (pósi)	πόσο (póso)		πόσους (pósous)	πόσες (póses)	πόσα (pósa)
vocative	πόσε (póse)	πόση (pósi)	πόσο (póso)		πόσοι (pósoi)	πόσες (póses)	πόσα (pósa)