άδος [ᾰδ] adj. f. de Potnies, ESCHL. fr. 171 Dind. ; EUR. Ph. 1124, etc.

Étym. Ποτνιαί.

άδος, fem. Adj. 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). = 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.