Ποτνιάς,
άδος, fem. Adj.
A). of Potniae, Potnian, κέλευθοι Ποτνιάδες A. Fr. 173 ;
ἡ Ποτνιὰς κρήνη a spring near the town,
Ael. NA 15.25 ,
Paus. 9.8.1 ;
Ποτνιάδες ἵπποι the mares that tore Glaucus in pieces,
Str. 9.2.24 ; hence, generally,
Π. πῶλοι Boeotian mares,
E. Ph. 1124 (but expld. by Sch. as =
μανικαί ).
II). =
πότνια, Βάκχαι ποτνιάδες (expld. by
Hsch. as =
μαινάδες καὶ λυσσάδες )
E. Ba. 664 , cf.
ποινίς; π. θεαί, of the Eumenides (expld. by Sch. as =
μανικαί , but v.
πότνια 2 ),
Id. Or. 318 (lyr.); cf.
ποτνιάομαι.