πῇ
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See also: πῃ and Appendix:Variations of "pe"
Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- πῆ (pê)
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos. Compare Latin quā. See also its indefinite form πῃ (pēi).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛ̂ːi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi/
Adverb[edit]
πῇ • (pêi) (interrogative adverb)
Usage notes[edit]
This word can be used to introduce direct and indirect questions. ὅπη (hópē) can introduce indirect questions only.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “πῃ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πῇ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette