που

• anywhere, somewhere, Il. 16.514, etc.; freq. with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς π. somewhere not far off, S. Ph. 41; πέλας π. ib. 163 (anap.); μηδαμοῦ . . π. 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., ἀλλά π. αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν in some part there of the fields, Od. 4.639; ἐμβαλεῖν π. (fort. ποι) τῆς χώρας some part of the country, X. Cyr. 6.1.42; εἴ π. τῆς χώρας ταὐτὸ τοῦτο πάθος συνέβη D. 18.195.
• • II 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; ἤν π., εἰ μή π., X. Hier. 3.2, Pl. R. 372a: strengthd., τάχʼ ἄν π. S. OT 1116; ἴσως π. E. El. 518: attached to single words to limit their significance, πάντως κ. Hdt. 3.73; τί π. δράσεις; what in the world? A. Pr. 743; οὐδείς π. Pl. Phlb. 64d; with numerals, ἔτεα τρία καὶ δέκα κ. μάλιστα about thirteen years, Hdt. 1.119, cf. 209, 7.22, etc.: οὔ τί που 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, Pl. R. 362d, etc.; οὐ δήπου adds a shade of suspicion, οὐ δήπου Στράτων; Ar. Ach. 122, cf. Av. 269, Pl. 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 ποῖ, ποι, with Verbs of motion, as in Engl. where for whither? This idiom (condemned by Phryn. 30, ποῦ ἄπει . . ἁμάρτημα) is found occasionally in early authors, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται; Il. 13.219; ἐξελθών που Antipho 2.4.8; ἰόντα που X. Cyr. 1.2.16; but in pure Att. only as f.l. for ποῖ, ποι.

enclitic.

• • 1

    Somewhere : εἴ που ἐφεύροι Il. 4.88. Cf. Il. 5.168, Il. 10.206, Il. 16.514, etc. : Od. 1.94, 197, Od. 4.639, Od. 5.417, Od. 6.278, Od. 20.340, etc.

  • 2

    In negative or conditional contexts, anywhere : οὐδέ τί που ἴδμεν ξυνήϊα Il. 1.124. Cf. Il. 6.330, Il. 19.327, etc.: εἴ που ὄπωπας Od. 3.93. Cf. Od. 7.320, Od. 11.458, Od. 14.44, etc.

  • 3

    Somehow, haply: ἤν πού τι φόως γένωμαι Il. 16.39. Cf. Il. 7.39, Il. 15.571, etc.: Od. 4.512, Od. 13.418, etc.

  • 4

    In negative or conditional contexts, in any way, haply: εἴ τί που ἔστιν Od. 4.193, μή πού τις ἐπαγγείλῃσιν 775. Cf. Il. 9.371, Il. 10.511, Il. 11.366, Il. 13.293, etc.: Od. 2.71, Od. 10.486, Od. 12.300, Od. 15.403, etc.

  • 5

    Qualifying an expression, haply, I ween, no doubt, as it would seem: θεός που σοὶ τό γʼ ἔδωκεν Il. 1.178, οὕτω που Διὶ μέλλει φίλον εἶναι Il. 2.116. Cf. Il. 3.43, Il. 6.438, Il. 9.628, Il. 10.326, etc.: οἵ πού μʼ ἀσχαλόωσι μένοντες Od. 1.304, Ζηνός που τοιήδε γʼ αὐλή Od. 4.74. Cf. Od. 2.164, Od. 4.756, Od. 6.155, Od. 8.255, Od. 11.139, etc.

    Sim. in questions, direct and indirect, can it be that? haply, it may be that: οὕτω που ἔλπεαι υἷας Ἀχαιῶν ἀπτολέμους ἔμεναι; Il. 9.40, ἤ ῥʼ ἔτι που σχήσουσιν Ἕκτορα Il. 11.820. Cf. Il. 13.456, etc.: Od. 6.125, 200, Od. 8.584, Od. 13.234, etc.

• 1somehow ἦ θαύματα πολλά, καί πού τι καὶ βροτῶν φάτις O. 1.28 “οὔ τί ποῠ οὗτος Ἀπόλλων;” P. 4.87 ὁ μέν που τεοῖς τε μήδεσι τοῦτʼ ἔπραξεν P. 10.11 παθόντες πού τι φιλόξενον ἔργον I. 2.24 τὸν Ἀργείων τρόπον εἰρήσεταί που κἀν βραχίστοις (Heyne: πού κʼ ἐν, πά κ ἐν codd.) I. 6.59

• • Ianywhere, somewhere, Hom., etc.; often with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς που somewhere not far off, Soph.; πέλας που Soph.; ἄλλοθί που Dem.:—c. gen., ἀλλά που αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν in some part there of the fields, Od.; εἴ που τῆς χώρας τοῦτο συνέβη Dem.
  • IIalso without reference to Place, in some degree, καί πού τι Thuc.:—often to qualify an expression, anyway, possibly, perhaps, I suppose, I ween, Hom., etc.; εἴ που, ἐάν που, εἰ μή που Xen.; τί που . . ; what in the world? Aesch.;with numerals, δέκα κου about ten, Hdt.:— οὔ τί που denies with indignation or wonder, surely it cannot be, Soph., etc.; whereas οὐ δήπου adds a suspicion that it is so, οὐ δήπου Στράτων; Ar.