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|Definition=indef. Adv. (better written [[δή που]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[perhaps]], [[it may be]], ᾧ δή που ἀδελφεὸν ἔκτανε <span class="bibl">Il.24.736</span>: in Trag. and Att. usually [[doubtless]], I [[presume]], οὐ δήπου τλητόν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1064</span>; τῶν Ααΐου δ. τις ὠνομάζετο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 1042</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>491</span>,<span class="bibl">582</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.121</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἴστε γὰρ δή που, μέμνησθε γὰρ δή που</b>, <span class="bibl">D.2.25</span>, <span class="bibl">19.113</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.249</span>; σχεδὸν ἴσμεν ἅπαντες δή που <span class="bibl">Id.3.9</span>; οὐδεὶς ἀγνοεῖ δή που <span class="bibl">Id.21.156</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as interrog. implying an affirm. answer, <b class="b3">τὴν αἰχμάλωτον κάτοισθα δή που;</b> i.e. I [[presume]] you [[know]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>418</span>; ἀνόμοιον δή που <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>159b</span>; [[οὐ δή που]];</b> [[surely it is not so]]? implying a neg. answer, as <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>526</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>73c</span>.</span>