πόσις

posis

husband, spouse

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 10
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Book I 5
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637d6
645d8
647e3
648e3
641a5
Book II 3
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671c7
667b8
671a6
Book VI 2
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782e2
783c10
Symposium 3
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213e10
216d6
176b4
Republic 2
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Book I 1
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350a1
Book IX 1
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580e4
Theaetetus 1
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159e2

Dictionary (LSJ)

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:—A. 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.)

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