ποῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, Ion. κοῖος, η, ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">of what kind?</b> in Hom. commonly expressing surprise and anger, <b class="b3">π. τὸν μῦθον ἔειπες</b> [[what manner of]] speech hast thou spoken! <span class="bibl">Il.1.552</span>, al.; ποῖόν σε ἔπος φύγεν ἕρκος ὀδόντων <span class="bibl">4.350</span>, al.; simply, ποῖον ἔειπες <span class="bibl">13.824</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.85</span>, al.; ποῖον ἔρεξας <span class="bibl">Il.23.570</span>; <b class="b3">ποῖοί κ' εἶτ' Ὀδυσῆϊ ἀμυνέμεν</b> [[what sort]] would ye be to… ! <span class="bibl">Od.21.195</span>; in simple questions, ποίῃ… νηΐ σε ναῦται ἤγαγον; <span class="bibl">16.222</span>; κοίῃ χειρί; <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.155</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>304</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">ποῖος οὐ</b> interrog., equiv. to [[every]] affirm., <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.21</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>420</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in Com. and Prose dialogue, used in repeating a word used by the former speaker, to express scornful surprise, <b class="b3">Πρωτέως τάδ' ἐστὶ μέλαθρα</b>. Answ. ποίου Πρωτέως; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>874</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>62</span>,<span class="bibl">157</span>, <span class="bibl">761</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>367</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>180b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>490e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Chrm.</span>174b</span>: twice in Trag., <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>427</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>567</span>: with Art., τὰν ποίαν σύριγγα; <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.5</span>: abbrev. [[ποῖ]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> with the Art., when the question implies a Noun which is defined by the Art. or the context, τὸ π. εὑρὼν… φάρμακον; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>251</span>; τὰ π. τρύχη; μῶν ἐν οἷς…; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>418</span>; <b class="b3">λέγεις δὲ τὴν π. κατάστασιν ὀλιγαρχίαν;</b> Answ. τὴν ἀπὸ τιμημάτων πολιτείαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 550c</span>: freq. with the demonstr., <b class="b3">ὁ ποῖος οὗτος Λάμαχος;</b> Answ. ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος… <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>963</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>1270</span>, <span class="bibl">Timocl.12.4</span> (corr. Elmsley): sometimes the answer is given more generally, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>120</span>, <span class="bibl">291</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>1415</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1229</span>: in Prose, τὸ π.; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>220e</span>, etc.; τὸ π. δή; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>147d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>279a</span>; τὰ π. ταῦτα; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>395d</span>, etc.; τῆς π. μερίδος γενέσθαι τὴν πόλιν ἐβούλετ' ἄν; <span class="bibl">D.18.64</span>: so also without the Art., κοῖα ταῦτα λέγεις; <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.48</span>; <b class="b3">π. Ἐρινὺν τήνδε…;</b> [[what sort of]] Fury is this that…? <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1119</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἐρεῖς τόδ' ἔπος;</b> [[what sort of]] word is this that thou wilt speak? <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1204</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">441</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ποῖός τις;</b> making the question less definite, κοῖόν μέ τινα νομίζουσι Πέρσαι εἶναι; <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1163</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.1.6</span>, etc.: with Art., τὰ ποῖ' ἄττα; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>240c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> like [[ὁποῖος]], in indirect questions, διδάξω… ποῖα χρὴ λέγειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>519</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>196</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>153</span> (lyr.), etc.; ποῖα ἄττα δεῖ ἡμᾶς λέγειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 398c</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ οἶδα ὁποίᾳ τόλμῃ ἢ ποίοις λόγοις χρώμενος ἐρῶ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">414d</span>; εἴρετο… κοῖός τις δοκέοι ἀνὴρ εἶναι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.34</span>; doubled, ποίαν χρὴ [γυναῖκα] ποίῳ ἀνδρὶ συνοῦσαν τίκτειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>149d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ποδαπός]]; ποῖος οὑτοσὶ &lt;ὁ&gt; Τιμόθεος;—Μιλήσιός τις… <span class="bibl">Pherecr.145.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span> 36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">whose?</b> ἐν π. δυνάμει ἢ ἐν π. ὀνόματι; <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>4.7</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span> 21.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> simply, <b class="b2">what, which?</b> esp. of place or time, ποίης ἐξ εὔχεται εἶναι γαίης; <span class="bibl">Od.1.406</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.97</span>; ἐν π. πόλει; <span class="bibl">Eup.23</span> D., cf. <span class="bibl">Alex.267.6</span>; ἐκ ποίας πόλεως σὺ εἶ; <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>15.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">3 Ki.</span>13.12</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>23.34</span>; <b class="b3">ποίᾳ ἄλλῃ</b> (sc. [[ὁδῷ]]); by [[what]] other way? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1219</span> (hence [[κοίῃ]] metaph., <b class="b2">how?</b> <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.30</span>); <b class="b3">ποίου χρόνου;</b> since [[what]] time? <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>278</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>815</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[πόσον]]) ; ἀπὸ π. χρόνου; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>920</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>65.7</span> (ii B.C.); ἀπὸ ποίου ἔτους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.68.7</span> (i A.D.); ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ; <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Epit.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cat.</span>5a20</span>,<span class="bibl">22</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>826 <span class="title">E</span>ii28 (Delph., ii B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.113 (Andania, i B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PUniv.Giss.</span>20.18</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">φυλᾶς ἑλομένοις ἑκάστου</b>( = [[-ῳ]]) <b class="b3"> ποίας κε βέλλειτει</b> (<b class="b3"> ἧστινος ἂν βούληται</b>, sc. [[εἶναι]]) <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).517.20 (Larissa, iii B.C.); ποίας φυλῆς ἐστι <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">To.</span>5.8</span>; [[π]]., = [[quis]], Gloss. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> = [[πότερος]], <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>1.284. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> Adv. [[ποίως]] Hdn.Gr.2.925, <span class="bibl">Bacch.<span class="title">Harm.</span>93</span>. [The first syll. is sometimes short in Trag. and Com., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>911</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span> 1369</span>.]</span>