ποτί: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=poti/

|Definition=<b class="b3">[ῐ</b>], Dor. for <b class="b3">πρός</b>, also used in Ep. (as <span class="bibl">Il.1.426</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>210</span>, al.), and rarely in Hp., esp.in phrase <b class="b3">π. καί</b> and <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">also</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">especially, Art</b>. 8,41, 46, 57, 69, without <b class="b3">καί</b> only in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fract.</span>3</span> (but not in Hdt.), whether in or out of compos.; sts. in Trag. (lyr., exc. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>79</span>) as <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>295</span>, <span class="bibl">346</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>725</span>, <span class="title">Eu.</span> l. c., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>245</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>140</span> (and in compds., as <b class="b3">ποτινίσσομαι, ποτιμάστιος, ποτιπίπτω, ποτιτρόπαιος</b>). The elision of ι before a vowel is found once in Pi., viz. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>7.90</span> (elsewh. Pi. uses <b class="b3">πρός</b> before a vowel); but found in later Dor., as <span class="bibl">Epich.170.7</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.20 (Epid., iv B. C.), <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.26</span>, esp. in compds., v. [[ποθ-ίερος]], πόθ-οδος, ποθ-ολκίς, πότ-αγε, ποτ-αγωγίς, ποτ-αείδω, ποτ-αμέλγω, ποτ-αυλέω, etc.; freq. apocop. before the Art., <b class="b3">πὸτ τῶ</b>, for <b class="b3">πρὸς τοῦ</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.50</span>, <span class="bibl">5.74</span>; πὸτ τῷ <span class="title">SIG</span>247 iii 11 (Delph., iv B. C.); πὸτ τόν <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1.18, al. (Sparta); <b class="b3">πὸτ τάν</b>, for <b class="b3">πρὸς τήν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>122.5</span> (s. v. l.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>732</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πὸτ τό</b> ib.<span class="bibl">751</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>117</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πὸτ τώς</b> Foed.Lacon. ap. <span class="bibl">Th.5.77</span>; πὸτ τάς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1264</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πὸτ τά</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1253</span> (lyr.); πὸτ τούτοισι <span class="bibl">Epich.60</span>: less freq. in Verbs, ποτθέμειν <span class="bibl">Id.170.10</span>; ποτθέντες <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>2.30; also <b class="b3">πο-</b>, as in ποτόν <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 412 (Elis), ποτούς <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.32 (Locr.); πὸδ <b class="b3">Δάφνη</b> ib.7.518.5 (Tanagra, iii B. C.); πὸκ κατόπτας <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 485.10 (Thespiae, iii B. C.); ποί in Argolic, esp. before dentals, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).102.63, al. (Epid., iv B. C.), sts. in other Dor. dialects, as Delphic, ib. 22.1126.26, etc. Cf. <b class="b3">προτί</b>. (Cf. Avest. <b class="b2">paiti</b> 'to': the form <b class="b3">ποί</b> has prob. lost τ by dissimilation from a following dental.)</span>

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