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|Definition=indef. Adv. (better written δή ποτε), Ion. δήκοτε, Dor. δήποκα, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">at some time, once upon a time</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.162</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1131</span> (lyr.); αἰεὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Th.8.73</span>; <b class="b2">at length</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>577</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">εἰ δή ποτε</b> if [[ever]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> with interrog., <b class="b3">τί δή ποτε;</b> what <b class="b2">in the world?</b> what or why <b class="b2">now?</b> καίτοι τί δή ποτε; <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>; <b class="b3">πόσοι δή ποτ' εἰσὶν οἱ…;</b> how many <b class="b2">do you suppose?</b> <span class="bibl">Id.20.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> esp. freq. with relatives, ὅτι δή κοτε πράξαντα <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.134</span>; ὅστις δ. ὤν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>273c</span>; <b class="b3">ὅτι δή ποτε</b> whatever <b class="b2">it may be</b>, <b class="b2">'so-and-so'</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.32</span>; ὁπόθεν δ. <span class="bibl">Id.35.6</span>: strengthd. by οὖν, ὅντινα δή ποτ' οὖν τρόπον <span class="bibl">Id.40.8</span>; <b class="b3">οἷος δή ποτ' οὖν</b> v.l. in Dsc.5.10; also <b class="b3">δή ποτ' οὖν</b> without relat., κατὰ πρεσβείαν ἢ κατ' ἄλλην δ. χρείαν <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>6.9 (Delos).</span>