Ποτνιάς,άδος, fem.Adj.
A. of Potniae, Potnian,
κέλευθοι Ποτνιάδες
A. Fr. 173
;ἡ Ποτνιὰς κρήνηa spring near the town, Ael. NA 15.25 , Paus. 9.8.1 ;Ποτνιάδες ἵπποιthe mares that tore Glaucus in pieces, Str. 9.2.24 ; hence, generally,Π. πῶλοι Boeotianmares, 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.