φιλοπότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φίλος (phílos, “loving”) +‎ πότης (pótēs, “drinker”), from verb πίνω (pínō, “drink”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.lo.pó.tɛːs/ → /ɸi.loˈpo.tis/ → /fi.loˈpo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lo.pó.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.loˈpo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.loˈpo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.loˈpo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.loˈpo.tis/

Noun

φῐλοπότης • (philopótēs) m (genitive φῐλοπότου); second declension

1. lover of drinking, lover of wine, drunkard
   • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Translation by Juan Coderch), Τὸ Βασιλείδιον

     ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ πλανητῷ ᾤκει φιλοπότης τις

     en tôi trítōi planētôi ṓikei philopótēs tis

     The third planet was inhabited by a drunkard

Declension

First declension of ὁ φῐλοπότης; τοῦ φῐλοπότου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φῐλοπότης ho philopótēs	τὼ φῐλοπότᾱ tṑ philopótā	οἱ φῐλοπόται hoi philopótai
Genitive	τοῦ φῐλοπότου toû philopótou	τοῖν φῐλοπόταιν toîn philopótain	τῶν φῐλοποτῶν tôn philopotôn
Dative	τῷ φῐλοπότῃ tôi philopótēi	τοῖν φῐλοπόταιν toîn philopótain	τοῖς φῐλοπόταις toîs philopótais
Accusative	τὸν φῐλοπότην tòn philopótēn	τὼ φῐλοπότᾱ tṑ philopótā	τοὺς φῐλοπότᾱς toùs philopótās
Vocative	φῐλοπότᾰ philopóta	φῐλοπότᾱ philopótā	φῐλοπόται philopótai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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