ποτί

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], Dor. for πρός, also used in Ep. (as Il.1.426, al., Call.Del.210, al.), and rarely in Hp., esp.in phrase π. καί and

   A also, i.e. especially, Art. 8,41, 46, 57, 69, without καί only in Fract.3 (but not in Hdt.), whether in or out of compos.; sts. in Trag. (lyr., exc. A.Eu.79) as A.Th.295, 346, Ag.725, Eu. l. c., S.Fr.245, E.Hipp.140 (and in compds., as ποτινίσσομαι, ποτιμάστιος, ποτιπίπτω, ποτιτρόπαιος). The elision of ι before a vowel is found once in Pi., viz. O.7.90 (elsewh. Pi. uses πρός before a vowel); but found in later Dor., as Epich.170.7, IG42(1).121.20 (Epid., iv B. C.), Theoc.7.26, 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., πὸτ τῶ, for πρὸς τοῦ, Theoc.4.50, 5.74; πὸτ τῷ SIG247 iii 11 (Delph., iv B. C.); πὸτ τόν IG5(1).1.18, al. (Sparta); πὸτ τάν, for πρὸς τήν, Pi.Fr.122.5 (s. v. l.), Ar.Ach.732, etc.; πὸτ τό ib.751, Lys.117, etc.; πὸτ τώς Foed.Lacon. ap. Th.5.77; πὸτ τάς Ar.Lys.1264 (lyr.); πὸτ τά ib.1253 (lyr.); πὸτ τούτοισι Epich.60: less freq. in Verbs, ποτθέμειν Id.170.10; ποτθέντες Tab.Heracl.2.30; also πο-, as in ποτόν Schwyzer 412 (Elis), ποτούς IG9(1).334.32 (Locr.); πὸδ Δάφνη ib.7.518.5 (Tanagra, iii B. C.); πὸκ κατόπτας Schwyzer 485.10 (Thespiae, iii B. C.); ποί in Argolic, esp. before dentals, IG42(1).102.63, al. (Epid., iv B. C.), sts. in other Dor. dialects, as Delphic, ib. 22.1126.26, etc. Cf. προτί. (Cf. Avest. paiti 'to': the form ποί has prob. lost τ by dissimilation from a following dental.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 689] dor. und poet. statt πρός, in denselben Vrbdgen, daher unten die Beispiele aus Hom., Pind. u. Tragg. angeführt sind. Selten wird das ι elidirt, ποτ' ἀστῶν, Pind Ol. 7, 90; häufiger bei Theocr. Auch findet sich die abgekürzte Form πότ, s. oben.