ποθι

ποθι

enclitic

[cf. πόθι.]

• • 1

    Somewhere : ἠέ ποθι πτολέμοιο μέγα στόμα [τεύχων] Il. 10.8.

  • 2

    In negative or conditional contexts, anywhere : οὐδέ ποθι νέφος ἐστίν Od. 20.114. Cf. Il. 13.309 : Od. 17.195.

    In any part : οὐδέ ποθι μιαρός Il. 24.420.

  • 3

    Somehow, haply : αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς δῷσι . . . Il. 1.128. Cf. Il. 6.526 : Od. 1.379= Od. 2.144, Od. 4.34, Od. 12.96, 215, Od. 14.118, Od. 17.51 = 60, Od. 22.252.

  • 4

    Qualifying an expression, haply, I ween, no doubt, as it would seem : ἀλλά ποθι Ζεὺς αἴτιος Od. 1.348. Cf. Il. 13.630, Il. 19.273, Il. 24.209.

ποθι : enclitic indef. adv., somewhere, anywhere; somehow; so esp. w. αἴ κε, ‘if in any case,’ ‘if at all,’ etc., Od. 1.379, Od. 2.144.

ποθι

• • • 1enclit, adv., poet. for του, anywhere or somewhere, Il., Soph.
    • 2of Time, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς δῷσι if ever Zeus grant, Il.: at length, Od.
    • 3indefinite, soever, haply, probably, Hom.