ποθί
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
English (LSJ)
enclit. Adv., poet. for που, anywhere, somewhere, Il. 10.8, etc.; εἴπ. S. Aj. 886 (lyr.). of time, αἴ κέ π. Ζεὺς δῷσι if ever…, Il. 1.128, Od. 1.379, cf. Il. 6.526. to give an expression of indefiniteness, haply, probably, 19.273, Od. 1.348, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 645] enklitisch, irgendwo, wie που, auch = vielleicht, etwa, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς δῷσι, Il. 1, 126, vgl. 19. 273. 24, 209, u. sonst, εἰπέ μοι, αἴ κέ ποθι γνώω, Od.14, 118; auch von der Zeit, endlich einmal, 1, 379, vgl. Il. 6, 526; εἴ ποθι, Soph. Ai. 670; einzeln bei den folgdn Dichtern.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv. ou particule enclit.
1 quelque part, en quelque lieu;
2 quelquefois;
3 en quelque façon.
Étymologie: *πός, -θι.
English (Autenrieth)
enclitic indef. adv., somewhere, anywhere; somehow; so esp. w. αἴ κε, ‘if in any case,’ ‘if at all,’ etc., Od. 1.379, Od. 2.144.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ποθί: adv. энкл. (= πού)
1 где-либо Hom., Soph.;
2 когда-либо Hom.;
3 как-либо, так или иначе, тж. видимо: ἀλλά ποθι Ζεὺς αἴτιος Hom. видимо, повинен Зевс.
