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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”). Cognate with English bid (“to invite, command”), Sanskrit गाध (gādha, “desire, cupidity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pó.tʰos/ → /ˈpo.θos/ → /ˈpo.θos/
Noun
πόθος • (póthos) m (genitive πόθου); second declension
- longing, yearning, regret
- love, desire
- larkspur (Consolida ajacis, syn. Delphinium ajacis)
- asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
Inflection
Derived terms
- Πόθος (Póthos) (possibly)
- →? Translingual: Pothos (connection disputed)
- ποθέω (pothéō, “to long, yearn”)
- ποθή (pothḗ, “longing, desire”)
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