ποθι
See also: πόθι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ποθί (pothí) – used after paroxytones
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tʰi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.tʰi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.θi/
Adverb
ποθῐ • (pothi)
(enclitic)
- somewhere, anywhere
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 886:
- τίς ἂν φιλοπόνων ἁλιαδᾶν [...] τὸν ὠμόθυμον εἴ ποθι πλαζόμενον λεύσσων ἀπύοι;
- tís àn philopónōn haliadân [...] tòn ōmóthumon eí pothi plazómenon leússōn apúoi?
- What toiling fisherman [...] can say whether she has anywhere seen the wanderings of fierce-hearted Ajax?
- τίς ἂν φιλοπόνων ἁλιαδᾶν [...] τὸν ὠμόθυμον εἴ ποθι πλαζόμενον λεύσσων ἀπύοι;
- ever
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.379:
- ἐγὼ δὲ θεοὺς ἐπιβώσομαι αἰὲν ἐόντας, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς δῷσι παλίντιτα ἔργα γενέσθαι
- egṑ dè theoùs epibṓsomai aièn eóntas, aí ké pothi Zeùs dôisi palíntita érga genésthai
- But I will call upon the gods that are forever, if ever Zeus may grant that deeds of requital may be wrought.
- ἐγὼ δὲ θεοὺς ἐπιβώσομαι αἰὲν ἐόντας, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς δῷσι παλίντιτα ἔργα γενέσθαι
- perhaps
Synonyms
References
- ποθι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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