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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/
Noun
πῶῠ • (pôu) n (genitive πώεος); third declension
- 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.
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