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πού

I.anywhere, somewhere, Hom., etc.; often with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς που somewhere not far off, Soph.; πέλας που id=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.
II.also 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.

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