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ποθι

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See also: ποθί and πόθι

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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  • ποθί (pothí)used after paroxytones

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (who) +‎ -θι (-thi, locative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ποθῐ (pothi) (enclitic)

  1. 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?
  2. 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.
  3. perhaps
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.273:
      ἀλλά ποθι Ζεὺς ἤθελ’ Ἀχαιοῖσιν θάνατον πολέεσσι γενέσθαι
      allá pothi Zeùs ḗthel’ Akhaioîsin thánaton poléessi genésthai
      But perhaps it was the good pleasure of Zeus that on many of the Achaeans death should come.

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