πόθι

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See also: ποθι and ποθί

Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Like the indefinite adverb ποθί (pothí), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos +‎ -θι (-thi, locative adverbial suffix). Compare Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌸 (ƕaþ), Latin cubi.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Adverb[edit]

πόθῐ (póthi) (Epic, Lyric, interrogative adverb)

  1. where?
  2. (later) whither?, to where?

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Further reading[edit]

  • πόθῐ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πόθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • πόθι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πόθι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πόθι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter