πω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[κω]], enclit. Particle,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[up to this time]], [[yet]], in early Ep. always with a neg., with which it sometimes forms one word, cf. [[οὔπω]], [[μήπω]], etc.; sometimes a word is interposed, οὐδ' ἄρα πώ τι ᾔδεε Il.17.401; μὴ δή πω.. λυώμεθα.. ἵππους 23.7, cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''27,511, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''105, ''Tr.''591,1061, etc.; μὴ συναλλάξαντά πω Id.''OT''1110.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[at all]], with neg. in Ep., <b class="b3">οὐδέ τί πω ἴδμεν</b> (που Ar.Byz.) Il.1.124; οὔ πω τλήσομ' 3.306; μὴ δή πω χάζεσθε 15.426: after Hom. sometimes with questions which imply a negative, <b class="b3">ἢ ξυναλλάξας τί πω</b>; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1130 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] που) <b class="b3">; πόλις ἀφισταμένη τίς πω τούτῳ ἐπεχείρησε</b>; has [[ever]] a city meditating revolt..? Th. 3.45.