A.“ὢ π., οἷον ἔειπε . .” Od.17.248; “ὢ π., οἷον δή νυ . .” 1.32; “ὢ π., ὡς . .” 10.38, al; “ὢ π., ἦ μάλα . .” Il.16.745, al.; “ὢ π. οὐδέ νύ σοί περ” 8.201, cf. Od.17.454; “ὢ π. . . καὶ δὴ” Il.21.420; in later Ep. and Eleg., A.R.3.558, al., Ap5.253 (Paul. Sil.); Trag. only in lyr., exc. A.Pers.731 (troch., c. gen.), as ib.852, Eu.145, S.OT168: with other exclam., “ἰὼ π.” A.Pr.575, Ag.1100; ὀτοτοτοτοῖ πόποι δᾶ ib.1072, 1076.—Later writers expld. πόποι as a Dryopian word = δαίμονες, Plu.2.22c, or, = ἀγάλματα ὑπόγαια τῶν θεῶν, EM823.32, and πόποι = θεοί Lyc.943; dat. “πόποις” Euph.136.
πόποι , exclam. of surprise, anger, or pain, ὢ π. freq. in Hom., always at the beginning of a verse and sentence;