πάντως
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English (LSJ)
Adv., (πᾶς)
A in all ways, ἄλλως τε π. καὶ... i.e. especially (since)... A.Pers.689, Eu.726, Pl.Ap.35d; σκιδνάμενον πάντῃ π. Parm.2.3; περιφέρεσθαι καὶ π. φέρεσθαι Pl.Cra.411b, cf. Grg.527a: in Hom. always folld. by οὐ, in no wise, by no means, Il.8.450, Od.19.91, al.; πάντως γὰρ οὐ πείσεις νιν A.Pr.335, cf. Hdt.5.34, Pl.Grg.497b, etc.: without οὐ first in Parm. l.c., A. (v. supr.); ἔδεε πάντως it was absolutely necessary, Hdt.1.31; εἰ δὴ δεῖ γε π. Id.7.10. θ; π. θελῆσαι to wish at all hazards, Id.2.42; εἰ π. ἐλεύσονται if they positively will go, Id.6.9; π. κου πυνθάνεαι no doubt, Id.7.157: with an Adj., π. ἀναρίστητος Alex.233: freq. with πᾶς or its derivs., Th.7.87, Pl.Criti.107d, al.; cf. πάντῃ 11. II in strong affirmations, at all events, at any rate, A.Pr.16, Hdt.5.111, Pl.Ap.33d, 1 Ep.Cor.9.22, etc.; so νηστεύωμεν δὲ π. Ar.Th.984 (lyr.); π. κρέ' ἡμῖν ἐστίν Ephipp.15.11; π. γε μήν Ar.Eq.232; π. δήπου Id.Th.805; assuredly, opp. ἴσως, Jul. Or.7.222a; παρήγγειλά σοι ὅτι μὴ ἀπέλθῃς... καὶ ἀπῆλθες π. and you did (emphat.), Sammelb.7249.5 (iii/iv A. D.); τάχ' οὖν . . μᾶλλον δὲ π. nay rather I am sure, Herod.7.89; π. ὅτι . . evidently because... Dam.Pr.96 (but, it follows that... ib.86). 2 c. imper., in command or entreaty, Hdt.1.156, etc.; ἀλλ' ἐμοὶ πείθεσθε π. do but obey me, Eup.357; π. παρατίθετε just put on the table, Pl.Smp. 175b; καὶ τὸ ἱερεῖον δὲ π. ἡμῖν ἀπόστειλον be sure to send... PCair.Zen.191.14 (iii B. C.). 3 in answers, by all means, no doubt, Pl.R.574b; πάντως γάρ . . Ar.Pl. 273; π. δήπου And.1.102, Pl.Phd.75e, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 465] adv. zu πᾶς, gänzlich, durchaus; bei Hom. immer mit folgdm οὐ, durchaus nicht, auf keine Weise, Il. 8, 450 Od. 19, 91. 20, 180; πάντως γὰρ οὐ πείσεις νιν, Aesch. Prom. 333, vgl. 1055, öfter; Soph. Ai. 1068; Eur. Med. 854 u. öfter; u. in Prosa, ἐπιστάμενον πάντως, Her. 1, 3; οὐδὲν πάντως, 5, 34. 65; Plat. Rep. X, 611 d mit πάντη vrbdn, s. oben; ἄλλως τε πάντως, Aesch. Prom. 639 Pers. 675 Eum. 696, wie Plat. Apol. 35 c. In der Antwort nachdrücklich bejahend, allerdings, Plat. Rep. IX, 574 b Xen. Cyr. 8, 4, 10.
