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πόσις

πόσις, πόσις, ὁ, husband, spouse (noun)

πόσις2, a drinking, drink, beverage

πόσις, ὁ, poet. πόσσις AP 6.323 (Leon.); gen. πόσιος (no gen. is found in Att., πόσεως only in Hdn.Gr. 2.700); dat. πόσει, Ep. πόσεϊ Il. 5.71; voc. πόσι E. Alc. 323, Ar. Th. 913; also πόσις E. Hel. 1399: pl. πόσεις Id. IA 176 (lyr.); acc. πόσιας Il. 6.240:—
  • husband, spouse, Il. 3.329, Alcm. 29, Inscr.Cypr. 93 H., Pi. P. 9.99, etc.; τὸν ὁμοδέμνιον π. A. Ag. 1108 (lyr.); esp. lawful husband, μὴ π. μὲν Ἡρακλῆς ἐμὸς καλῆται, τῆς νεωτέρας δʼ ἀνήρ S. Tr. 550 (but cf. Il. 24.725 and 763): rare in Prose, Arist. Pol. 1335b41; π. καὶ ἄλοχος ib. 1253b6; κρυπτὸς π., of a paramour, E. Or. 561. (I.-E. potis ‘lord, master’, cf. πότνια, δεσπότης, Skt. pátis ‘lord, master, husband’, pátnī ‘lady, wife’, Lat. potis (sum), etc.)
πόσῐς, ιος, Att. εως, ἡ; dat. πόσει, Ion. πόσι Hdt. 5.19: (πίνω):—
  • drinking, drink, beverage, πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο Il. 1.469, al.; βρῶσίς τε π. τε Od. 10.176, cf. Hes. Sc. 395: pl., βρώσεσιν ἢ πόσεσιν Democr. 235; carousal, Alc. 101, Critias 6.9 D.; συγγίνεσθαι ἐς πόσιν to meet for a carousal, Hdt. 1.172, cf. Bull.Soc.Alex. 7.66; πρὸς πόσιν τετράφθαι Th. 7.73; λιπαρέειν τῇ πόσι Hdt. 5.19; παρὰ τὴν π. over their cups, Id. 2.121.δʹ; ἐκ δὲ θοίνας π. ἐγένετο, ἐκ δὲ πόσιος μῶκος Epich. 148; πόσιος ἐν βάθει Theoc. 14.29: pl., Pl. Lg. 641a.
      • 2 draught, αἷμα πίεται τρίτην πόσιν A. Ch. 578; ἐκπίνειν ὑστάτην π. Antipho 1.20; πόσις φαρμάκου Id. 6.22.

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