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ποῦ , Ion. κοῦ , interrog. Adv.
A.where? Hom., etc.; freq. c. dat. pers., “ποῦ δέ οἱ ἔντεα κεῖται . .;Il.10.407; “π. τοι τόξον;5.171; “π. τοι Δηΐφοβος . . , π. δέ τοι Ὀθρυονεύς;13.770, 772; “ἀλλ᾽ ἡμὶν Αἴας ποὖστιν;S. Aj.733; “π. μοί ποτε ναίει;Id.OC137 (lyr.); rarely with Verbs of motion in early authors, v. που sub fin.:—c. gen. loci, π. χθονός; where in the world? A.Pers.231; “π. γῆς;S.Aj.984, OT108, etc.; “π. τῆς χώρας;X.Eq.Mag.7.14; τὴν σοφίαν . . π. χοροῦ τάξομεν; in what part of the chorus? Pl.Euthd.279c.
2. so in a sense not strictly local, “π. ποτ᾽ εἶ φρενῶν;S.El.390; “π. γνώμης ποτ᾽ εἶ;Id.Ant.42; “π. ποτ᾽ εἰμὶ πράγματος;Id.Tr.375; π. σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν; at what point of fortune stands he? Id.Aj.102.
II. of manner, how? E.IA406, Or.802; to express an inference very strongly, κοῦ γε δὴ . . οὐκ ἂν χωσθείη κόλπος . .; how then would it not . . ? i.e. it certainly would . . , Hdt.2.11, cf. Th.8.27 codd.; in Trag., in indignant questions, how? by what right?π. σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδε;S.Aj.1100; “ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἶ σαφής;Id.OT390, cf. Ph.451, E.Heracl.369 (lyr.), 510; “π. γάρ ἐστι δίκαιον;D.37.41, cf. 23.58.
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