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πόσις

posis

husband, spouse, consort

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Where it lives

Helen 45 · 45.99/10k
Electra 27 · 35.71/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 18 · 20.16/10k
Trojan Women 14 · 19.78/10k
Ion 16 · 17.49/10k
Orestes 11 · 11.22/10k
Suppliants 6 · 8.53/10k
Odyssey 68 · 7.82/10k
Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
First Philippic 2 · 6.09/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 4 · 5.69/10k

Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. πόσις · posis — Beekes

πόσις 1, -to¢ [m.] ‘husband, spouse, consort’ (IL, epic poet.), cf. Chantraine REGr. 5960 (1946-1947): 219ff.). *ETYM Old and widespread designation of the lord of the house and the husband: Skt. pati-, Av. paiti- ‘lord, ruler, husband’, Lith. pats ‘husband’ (for older patis), ToA pats, ToB petso [obl.] ‘husband’, Lat. potis ‘capable, powerful’, all from IE * poti-. The … — [Beekes, s.v. πόσις, p. 1276]

2. πόσις · posis — Chantraine

πόσις : “106 m. «époux» (et maître de la maison) (Hom., Alcm., trag., Chypre, ICS 84), distingué de ἀνήρ (8. Tr. 550), très rare en prose (Arist. Pol. 1253 b avec ἄλοχος), cf. Chantraine, Rev. ἘΠῚ Gr. 1946-1947, 219-222, — [Chantraine, s.v. πόσις, p. 948]

3. πόσις · posis — Frisk

1. πόσις, -ἰος m. "Ehemann, Gatte, Gemahl’ (ep. poet. seit Il.; vgl. Chantraine REGr. 59—60, 219ff.). — Alte und weitverbreitete Ben. des (Haus)herrn und des Gatten: aind. pati-, aw. paiti- “Herr, Gebieter, Gatte’, balt., z.B. lit. pdts (älter patis) ‘Ehemann, Gatte’, toch. A patis, B petso (Obl.) “Gatte’, lat. potis "vermögend, mächtig’; idg. *poti-s. Das Wort tritt sehr oft als Hinterglied oder mit einem Gen. auf, … — [Frisk, s.v. πόσις, p. 1556]

In the wild

πόσις · posis Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1404–1405
πόσιν · posin Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1107–1109
πόσιν · posin Aeschylus, Agamemnon 600
πόσει · posei Aeschylus, Agamemnon 604
πόσιν · posin Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 577–578
πόσιν · posin Aeschylus, Persians 220–223

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πόσις (scan p. 1276; entry #5110).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πόσις (scan p. 948; entry #6692).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πόσις (scan pp. 1556-1557; entry #4774).

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