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|Definition=(''Attic'', also Arc.) indef. in [[οὔποτε]] IG 5(2).343.48, 66 (Orchom., iv BC), [[οὔτε]] [[ποτέ]] ''Tab. Defix.'' in ''Philol.'' 59.201, and ''Cyprian'' in [[μήποτε]] ''Inscr.Cyprian'' 144H.), Ionic [[κοτε]], Doric [[ποκα]], ''Aeolic'' [[ποτα]] Sappho 1.5, enclit. Particle; [[at some time]] or [[other]], [[at some time]], τάχ' ἄν [[ποτε]] θυμὸν [[ὀλέσσῃ]] ''Il.'' 1.205, cf. ''Od.'' 2.76, etc.; π. καὶ [[ἄλλοτε]] [[at certain]] other [[times]], X. ''An.'' 6.4.12, Arist. ''Po.'' 1451a9, Luc. ''Herm.'' 24. in hypoth. clauses, questions, etc., [[at any time]], [[ever]], S. ''Aj.'' 755, 1133; εἴ [[κοτε]] Call. ''Aet.'' Oxy. 2080.69; cf. εἴ [[ποτε]]; also with relatives (cf. [[δήποτε]]), Ζεὺς [[ὅστις]] ποτ' [[ἐστίν]] A. ''Ag.'' 160 (lyr.), etc.; [[ὅποι]] [[ποτέ]], [[ὅπου]] π., etc., S. ''Ph.'' 780, ''Aj.'' 194 (lyr.), etc.; after πω, πη, v. [[πώποτε]], [[πήποκα]]; very freq. with negatives, [[οὔτε]] ποτ'… ''Il.'' 1.226; [[οὐδέ]] ποτ' Hes. ''Th.'' 759; [[οὐδέν]] ποτ' [[ἄλλο]] A. ''Ch.'' 16; οὐδεὶς [[ἐρεῖ]] ποθ' S. ''Aj.'' 481; [[οὐκ]] ἂν δή [[ποτε]] ''Il.'' 19.271, etc.; [[τοῦτο]] μὴ [[δόξῃς]] [[ποτέ]] S. ''Ant.'' 762, cf. 648, 750, etc.; cf. [[οὔποτε]], [[μήποτε]], [[οὐδέποτε]], [[μηδέποτε]], [[οὐπώποτε]], [[μηπώποτε]]. in correl. clauses it stands first, with accent, ποτὲ μὲν…, ποτὲ δὲ… [[at one time…]], [[at another]]…, Pl. ''Tht.'' 170c ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), Plb. 4.38.6, etc.; ποτὲ μὲν…, [[αὖθις]] δὲ… Pl. ''R.'' 560a; ποτὲ…, τοτὲ δ' οὔ Id. ''Tht.'' 192d; ποτ' [[εἶχε]]…, [[εἶτά]] γε [[νῦν]] D. 36.50; ποτὲ μὲν… [[νῦν]] δέ Luc. ''DMort.'' 11.1; ποτὲ δὲ…, without any preceding Part., Thphr. ''Char.'' 9.7 ([[dubious|dub.]]). of some unknown point of time, in ref. to the past, [[once]], ὅν ποτ' [[Ἀθήνη]] [[θρέψε]] ''Il.'' 2.547, etc.; [[οὕς]] ποτ' ἀπ' [[Αἰνείαν]] [[ἑλόμην]], of the day before, 8.108 (v. Sch.), cf. 14.45; [[ἤδη]] π. 1.260, S. ''Aj.'' 1142, Ar. ''Nu.'' 346, ''Ra.'' 931; ποτ' [[ἤδη]] A. ''Eu.'' 50; [[πρόσθε]] [[πού]] ποτ' S. ''OC'' 1549; [[χρόνῳ]] ποτ' Id. ''Ant.'' 303; esp. in telling a story, [[once upon a time]], [[οὕτω]] ποτ' ἦν [[μῦς]] καὶ [[γαλῆ]] Ar. ''V.'' 1182, cf. Pl. ''Phdr.'' 237b; with historic ''pres.'', S. ''OT'' 715, E. ''El.'' 416, ''Ba.'' 2; with a ''Subst.'', εἰς [[τήν]] π. [[φιλίαν]] And. 3.22; [[τυράννου]]… [[πάλαι]] π. S. ''OT'' 1043, cf. Ph. 677 (lyr.), ''Tr.'' 555.<br><b class="num"></b>[[at length]], [[μόγις]] δή [[κοτε]] [[εἶπε]] Hdt. 1.116; [[μόγις]] [[οὖν]] π. Pl. ''Prt.'' 314e, etc.; ὀψὲ [[γοῦν]] π. Hierocl. ''in CA'' 27 p. 484M. in ref. to the future, [[at some time]], καί π. [[τοι]]… [[παρέσσεται]]… [[δῶρα]] ''Il.'' 1.213, cf. 240, S. ''OC'' 386, ''Ant.'' 912, etc.; also to denote earnest expectation, [[at length]], [[εὔχεταί]] π. [[οἶκον]] [[ἰδεῖν]] Pi. ''P.'' 4.293; [[ἔμελλον]] [[ἄρα]] [[παύσειν]] π. Ar. ''Ra.'' 268; esp. with imper., [[μέθες]] π. [[dimitte tandem aliquando]], S. ''Ph.'' 816; τείσασθ', ἀλλὰ τῷ [[χρόνῳ]] π. ''ib.'' 1041, etc.; [[ὀψέ]] π. Jul. ''Or.'' 1.31d. with intensive force, in questions, [[τίς]] [[ποτε]]· who [[in the world]]? τίνες ποτ' [[ἐστέ]]· A. ''Eu.'' 408, cf. S. ''Ph.'' 220, etc.; τί ποτ' ἐστὶ [[τοῦτο]] τὸ [[πάθος]] what it can [[possibly]] be, Pl. ''Tht.'' 187d; [[οὐκ]] [[ἐξερεῖς]] [[ποτε]]· S. ''OT'' 335, cf. 754, ''Aj.'' 1290, etc.; to strengthen [[ἀεί]], [[ἀεί]] [[ποτε]] [[from all time]], [[always in the past]], [[ἀεί]] [[ποτε]] ζῇ ταῦτα Id. ''Ant.'' 456, cf. ''Aj.'' 320, Th. 6.82, al., DC. 42.5; ἀεὶ δή π. Th. 1.13, 8.73.