πόα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *póiwā, from Proto-Indo-European *póyH-weh₂, from *peyH-. Cognate with Lithuanian pieva (meadow).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πόᾰ (póaf (genitive ποᾱς); first declension

  1. grass, hay
  2. (loosely) herbs, plants

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: πόα (póa)
  • Latin: hermūpoa
  • Translingual: Poa

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1214-1215

Further reading

Greek

Noun

πόα (póaf (plural πόες)

  1. herb, herbacious plant (plant whose stem isn't woody and which dies every year)