Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ποθί (pothí) used after paroxytones
Adverb
ποθι • (pothi) (enclitic)
- somewhere, anywhere
-
497 BCE – 405 BCE,
Sophocles,
Ajax 886-
τίς ἂν φιλοπόνων ἁλιαδᾶν [...] τὸν ὠμόθυμον εἴ ποθι πλαζόμενον λεύσσων ἀπύοι;
- What toiling fisherman [...] can say whether she has anywhere seen the wanderings of fierce-hearted Ajax?
- ever
-
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 1.379-
ἐγὼ δὲ θεοὺς ἐπιβώσομαι αἰὲν ἐόντας, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς δῷσι παλίντιτα ἔργα γενέσθαι
- But I will call upon the gods that are forever, if ever Zeus may grant that deeds of requital may be wrought.
- perhaps
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800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 19.273-
ἀλλά ποθι Ζεὺς ἤθελ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖσιν θάνατον πολέεσσι γενέσθαι
- But perhaps it was the good pleasure of Zeus that on many of the Achaeans death should come.
Related terms
Synonyms
- (somewhere): που (pou), ἐστιν ὅπου (estin hópou), ἐνιαχῆ (eniakhê)
- (ever): ποτε (pote), πω (pō), πώ ποτε (pṓ pote)
- (perhaps): τάχα (tákha), ἴσως (ísōs), τυχόν (tukhón)
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