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|Definition=Ion. [[κου]], Aeol. [[ποι]] Sapph.''Supp.''25.17, Pi.''P.''5.101, ''BCH''37.157 (Cyme, iii B.C.), prob. in Alc.9:—enclit. Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[anywhere]], [[somewhere]], Il.16.514, etc.; freq. with other Advs. of [[place]], <b class="b3">οὐχ ἑκάς π.</b> [[somewhere]] not far off, S.''Ph.''41; <b class="b3">πέλας π.</b> ib.163(anap.); <b class="b3">μηδαμοῦ… π.</b> ib.256 (dub.l.); π. πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ X.''An.''4.3.3; ἄλλοθί π. D.4.41; τῇδέ π. Plb.3.108.3, etc.: c.gen., <b class="b3">ἀλλά π. αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν</b> in [[some part]] there of the fields, Od.4.639; <b class="b3">ἐμβαλεῖν π.</b> (fort. ποι) <b class="b3"> τῆς χώρας</b> [[some part]] of the country, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.42; εἴ π. τῆς χώρας ταὐτὸ τοῦτο πάθος συνέβη D.18.195.<br><span class="bld">II</span> without reference to Place, [[in some degree]], καί πού τι Th.2.87: freq. to qualify an expression, [[perhaps]], [[I suppose]], Hom., etc.; added to introductory Particles, οὕτω π… Il.2.116; Ζεὺς μέν π. τό γε οἶδε 3.308; ὡς ὅτε π. 11.292; <b class="b3">ἤν π., εἰ μή π.</b>, X.''Hier.''3.2, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 372a: strengthened, τάχ' ἄν π. S.''OT''1116; ἴσως π. E. ''El.''518: attached to single words to limit their significance, πάντως κ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.73; <b class="b3">τί π. δράσεις</b>; what in the world? A.''Pr.''743; οὐδείς π. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 64d; with numerals, <b class="b3">ἔτεα τρία καὶ δέκα κ. μάλιστα</b> [[about]] thirteen years, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.119, cf. 209,7.22, etc.: <b class="b3">οὔ τί που</b> denies with indignation or wonder, [[surely it cannot be]]…, οὔ τί π. οὗτος Ἀπόλλων Pi.''P.''4.87, cf. S.''Ph.''1233, Ar.''Nu.''1260, ''Pax'' 1211, ''Ra.''522, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 362d, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ δήπου</b> adds a shade of suspicion, οὐ δήπου Στράτων; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''122, cf. ''Av.''269, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 194b: for [[δήπου]], [[ἦπου]], v. sub vocc.—In late writers ([[LXX]] ''Jo.''2.5, al., ''Ev.Jo.''7.35, al., Arr.''Epict.''1.27.9, 4.1.93, etc.) [[ποῦ]], [[που]] take the place of <b class="b3">ποῖ, ποι,</b> with Verbs of motion, as in Engl. [[where]] for whither? This idiom (condemned by Phryn.30, <b class="b3">ποῦ ἄπει… ἁμάρτημα</b>) is found occasionally in early authors, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται; Il.13.219; ἐξελθών που Antipho 2.4.8; ἰόντα που [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.16; but in pure Att. only as [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[ποῖ]], [[ποι]].