πόση (pose)

πόση is an Ancient Greek form of πόσος, meaning “how much? how many?”. It is the nominative dual adjective.

It can also be a form of πόσις, “husband”.

It can also be a form of ποσός, “of what size? how much?”. It is the nominative singular feminine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of πόσισ, “husband, spouse; lawful husband”. It is the dative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 29 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, The Phoenician Women 842: πόση τις ἡ ʼπίλοιπος ἄστεως ὁδὸς

Demosthenes, Against Meidias 132: … , μέλλοντι βοηθεῖν αὐτῷ, μέμνησθε. τὸν δὴ τοσούτοις ἁθρόοις τῶν πολιτῶν ἔχθραν ἐπʼ οὐδενὶ τηλικαύτην ἀράμενον πόσῃ πονηρίᾳ καὶ θρασύτητι ταῦτα χρὴ νομίζειν πράττειν;

Aristotle, Metaphysics 5.13: … τὰ εἶναι ὧν ἐστὶ ταῦτα πάθη. λέγω δὲ οὐ τὸ κινούμενον ἀλλʼ ὃ ἐκινήθη· τῷ γὰρ ποσὸν εἶναι ἐκεῖνο καὶ ἡ κίνησις ποσή, ὁ δὲ χρόνος τῷ ταύτην.

All forms of πόσος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.