Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /póθos/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /póθos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /póθos/

Noun

πόθος • ‎(póthos) m ‎(genitive πόθου); second declension

1. longing, yearning, regret
2. love, desire
3. (botany) larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
4. (botany) asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)

Inflection

Related terms

• ποθέω ‎(pothéō, “to long, yearn”)
• ποθή ‎(pothḗ, “longing, desire”)

Descendants

• Greek: πόθος ‎(póthos)

References

• πόθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press