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πότνια πότνια, ης, ἡ, from same Root as πόσις, δεσπότης a poet. title of honour, used chiefly in addressing goddesses or ladies: = δέσποινα, mistress, queen, c. gen., πότνια θηρῶν (nom.) queen of wild beasts, Lat. potens ferarum, Il.; πότνια βελεων Pind.: absol., πότνιʼ Ἐρινύς Aesch.; often in voc., ὦ πότνιʼ Ἥρα Aesch.; ὦ πότνια (sc. Ἀθηναία) Ar.:—in pl. of the Eumenides, Hdt., Soph.; also of Demeter and Proserpine, Soph., etc. as adj. revered, august, Hom.

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mistress, queen

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πότνια

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πότνια

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ποτνια

IDX:

27179

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n27211

Key:

po/tnia

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