ποθι
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ποθί (pothí) — used after paroxytones
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) + -θι (-thi, locative suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- (somewhere): που (pou), ἐστιν ὅπου (estin hópou), ἐνιαχῆ (eniakhê)
- (ever): ποτε (pote), πω (pō), πώ ποτε (pṓ pote)
- (perhaps): τάχα (tákha), ἴσως (ísōs), τυχόν (tukhón)
Related terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “ποθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press