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ποτήρι
glass (drinking vessel) /poˈtiɾi/
nounB1#1063 most common
Also: cup, tumbler
Example sentences
Θέλω ένα ποτήρι νερό, παρακαλώ.
I want a glass of water, please.
Το ποτήρι είναι άδειο, γέμισέ το.
The glass is empty, fill it up.
Μου έσπασε το ποτήρι ενώ έπλενα τα πιάτα.
The glass broke on me while I was washing the dishes.
Ήπιε όλο το ποτήρι μονορούφι πριν φύγει.
He drank the whole glass in one gulp before leaving.
Ξεχείλισε το ποτήρι της υπομονής μου με αυτή του τη συμπεριφορά.
That behavior of his made the glass of my patience overflow.
Η κατάσταση έφτασε στο σημείο να ξεχειλίσει το ποτήρι της ανοχής της κοινωνίας.
The situation reached the point of overflowing society's cup of tolerance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ποτήρι | ποτήρια |
| Genitive | ποτηριού | ποτηριών |
| Accusative | ποτήρι | ποτήρια |
| Vocative | ποτήρι | ποτήρια |
Word family
Etymology
Ποτήρι comes from ancient Greek πότηριον, a drinking cup. That noun is built on the same root as πίνω, to drink, and πόσις, a drink. The root goes back to a very old Indo-European word for drinking.
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