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|Full diacritics=ἦπου
|Medium diacritics=ἦπου
|Low diacritics=ήπου
|Capitals=ΗΠΟΥ
|Transliteration A=ē̂pou
|Transliteration B=ēpou
|Transliteration C=ipou
|Beta Code=h)=pou
|Definition=or ἦ που, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">I ween</b>, ἦ που σοφὸς ἦν ὅστις ἔφασκεν . . <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>725</span>; ἦ που νέος γ' ὢν ἦσθ' ὑβριστής <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>63</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.3.43</span>, <span class="bibl">16.830</span>; ironical, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1008</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1308</span>; <b class="b3">χαλεπὸν πόλιν κατασκευάσασθαι, ἦ που δή . .</b> <b class="b2">much more . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>; so <b class="b3">ἦ που</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Lys.30.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>84d</span>; <b class="b3">ἦ πού γε</b> lsoc.<span class="bibl">1.49</span>; also <b class="b3">ἦ που δή . .</b> <b class="b2">much less</b>, prob. in <span class="bibl">Th.8.27</span>; also ἦ πού γε δή <span class="bibl">Id.6.37</span>: and with a neg., ἦ που . . γε . . οὐ δεῖ χρήσασθαι <span class="bibl">And.1.86</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> to make a hesitating suggestion, <b class="b2">surely . . ?</b> <span class="bibl">Od. 13.234</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>521</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>970</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1175.png Seite 1175]] richtiger getrennt geschrieben ἦ που, Betheuerung, <b class="b2">gewiß wohl</b>, sicherlich doch, traun wohl, eine Voraussetzung zur Bekräftigung hinzufügend, Il. 3, 43. 16, 830. – In der Frage erhöht es den Nachdruck derselben, denn wohl? Od. 13, 234. Vgl. ἦ u. που.
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