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|Full diacritics=Ποτνιάς
|Medium diacritics=Ποτνιάς
|Low diacritics=Ποτνιάς
|Capitals=ΠΟΤΝΙΑΣ
|Transliteration A=Potniás
|Transliteration B=Potnias
|Transliteration C=Potnias
|Beta Code=&#42;potnia/s
|Definition=Ποτνιάδος, fem. Adj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of Potniae]], [[Potnian]], κέλευθοι Ποτνιάδες A.''Fr.''173; <b class="b3">ἡ Ποτνιὰς κρήνη</b> a spring near the town, Ael.''NA''15.25, Paus.9.8.1; <b class="b3">Ποτνιάδες ἵπποι</b> the mares that tore Glaucus in pieces, Str.9.2.24; hence, generally, <b class="b3">Π. πῶλοι</b> ''Boeotian'' mares, E.''Ph.''1124 (but expld. by Sch. as = [[μανικαί]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[πότνια, Βάκχαι ποτνιάδες]] (expld. by [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] as = [[μαινάδες καὶ λυσσάδες]]) E.''Ba.''664, cf. <b class="b3">ποινίς; π. θεαί</b>, of the Eumenides (expld. by Sch. as = [[μανικαί]], but v. [[πότνια]] 2), Id.''Or.''318 (lyr.); cf. [[ποτνιάομαι]].
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{{bailly
|btext=άδος<br /><i>adj. f.</i><br />[[de Potnies]].<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[Ποτνιαί]].
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{{elnl
|elnltext=Ποτνιάς -άδος [Ποτνιαί, stad in Boeotië] van Potniai. Eur. Phoen. 1124. eerbiedwaardig = πότνια.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''Ποτνιάς:''' άδος ἡ (только pl. Ποτνιάδες = [[Πότνιαι]]) Владычицы (эпитет Эвменид и Вакханок) Eur.
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{{mdlsj
|mdlsjtxt=[[Ποτνιάς]], άδος,<br />Potnian, Ποτνιάδες ἵπποι Boeotian mares, [[noted]] for [[their]] hot [[temper]], [[hence]] [[raging]], [[furious]], Eur.
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