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|Definition=Ion. κοῦ, interrog. Adv. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">where?</b> Hom., etc.; freq. c. dat. pers., ποῦ δέ οἱ ἔντεα κεῖται…; <span class="bibl">Il.10.407</span>; π. τοι τόξον; <span class="bibl">5.171</span>; π. τοι Δηΐφοβος... π. δέ τοι Ὀθρυονεύς; <span class="bibl">13.770</span>, <span class="bibl">772</span>; ἀλλ' ἡμὶν Αἴας ποὖστιν; <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>733</span>; π. μοί ποτε ναίει; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>137</span> (lyr.); rarely with Verbs of motion in early authors, v. που sub fin.:—c. gen. loci, <b class="b3">π. χθονός;</b> [[where]] in the world? <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>231</span>; π. γῆς; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>984</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>108</span>, etc.; π. τῆς χώρας; <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>7.14</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν σοφίαν… π. χοροῦ τάξομεν;</b> [[in what part of]] the chorus? <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>279c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> so in a sense not strictly local, π. ποτ' εἶ φρενῶν; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>390</span>; π. γνώμης ποτ' εἶ; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>42</span>; π. ποτ' εἰμὶ πράγματος; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>375</span>; <b class="b3">π. σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν;</b> [[at what point]] of fortune stands he? <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>102</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of manner, <b class="b2">how?</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>406</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>802</span>; to express an inference very strongly, <b class="b3">κοῦ γε δὴ… οὐκ ἂν χωσθείη κόλπος…;</b> [[how]] then would it not… ? i.e. it certainly would... <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.27</span> codd.; in Trag., in indignant questions, <b class="b2">how? by what right?</b> π. σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδε; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1100</span>; ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἶ σαφής; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>390</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>451</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>369</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">510</span>; π. γάρ ἐστι δίκαιον; <span class="bibl">D.37.41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.58</span>.</span>