Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

I. of Manner, in some way, somehow, with a neg. in any way, at all, “οὐδέ πῃ ἔστι” Il.6.267, cf. Od.12.433, 13.207 ; “οὐδέ τί πῃ δύναμαι” Il.21.219 ; “οὔτι πῃ” Hes.Op.105 ; οὕτω πῃ in some such way, Il.24.373 ; “ταῦτά κῃ” Hdt.5.40 ; “τῇδέ πῃ” Pl.Phd.73b, etc. ; “ταύτῃ πῃ” Id.R.433e, etc.; ἢ ἔχεις πῃ ἄλλῃ κάλλιον λέγειν; Id.Cra.427e ; ἄλλῃ γέ πῃ λέγειν ἢ ᾗ . . Id.Smp.189c ; εἴ πῃ if any way, Id.Prt.355a ; μή πῃ . . that in no way, Id.Sph.242c, etc. ; ἦ πᾳ . . ; can it possibly . . ? Theoc.4.3 ; so ἆρά γέ πα . . ; Id.7.149,151 ; μάλιστά κῃ somewhere about, approximately, Hdt.2.75, 4.86, etc. : to limit a Sup., “ἀπορώτατά πῃ” Pl.Ti.51b, etc.; opp. ἁπλῶς, Arist.APr.49a8.

II. of Space, by some way, to some place, Il.6.378,383 ; “οὔτε πῃ ἄλλῃ” Od.2.127, cf. 3.251 : c. gen., ἦ πῄ με . . πολίων . . ἄξεις; wilt thou carry me to some city ? Il.3.400.

2. somewhere, anywhere, “οὐδέ πῃ ἀσπὶς ἔην” Od.22.25 (ap. Eust.) ; “εἴ πῃ πιέζοιντο” Th.1.49 ; “πεσόντος πῃ τοῦ τείχους” X.HG5.2.5, etc. ; “οὐδέ πῃ ἄλλῃ” Od.22.140 ; “ἀέρι πᾳ” Theoc.17.120.

3. πῇ μέν . . , πῇ δέ . . on one side . . , on the other . . , Plu.Caes.25 ; partly . . , partly . . , v.l. in X. An.3.1.12 ; “πῇ μέν . . , ἔστι δ᾽ ὅτε” Plu.Alc.6.

B. πῇ , Ion. (but not in Hom.) κῇ , Dor. πᾷ : interrog. Particle :

I. of Manner, in what way? how? Od.12.287, Pl.Phd.76b, Prt.353c, etc.; πῇ δή; how, pray? Pl.R.376b, etc.; πῇ δὴ οὖν ποτε; how in the world? Id.Lg.694c ; πῇ μάλιστα; how exactly? Id.R.537e ; πῶς οὖν καὶ πῇ; Id.Lg.686b : in indirect questions, “ἐκαραδόκεον τὸν πόλεμον κῇ ἀποβήσεται” Hdt.8.67, cf. D.29.1 ; “εἰδέναι πῇ διαφέρει” X. Hier.1.2, cf. Cyr.1.6.14, etc. ; “πῇ καὶ τί πρακτέον ἑκάστοις” Plb.11.2.6.

2. to what end? wherefore? Od.2.364, etc. ; πῇ δή; 17.219, Il. 10.385, etc.

II. of Space, which way? whither? πῇ ἔβη Ἀνδρομάχη; 6.377, etc. ; πῇ ἔβαν εὐχωλαί; 8.229 ; πᾷ τις τράποιτ᾽ ἄν ; A.Ch. 409(lyr.); πῇ δή; Il.5.472, 24.201 ; πῇ γάρ; Od.15.509 ; δεῦρο ἕπου. Answ. πῇ; Pl.Plt.258e.

2. less freq. like ποῦ ; where? Il.13.307 ; πᾷ πᾷ κεῖται; S.Aj.912 (lyr.), cf. E.Hec.1056(lyr.) : in indirect questions, X.HG2.4.31 : c. gen., ἐπειρώτα . . , κῇ γῆς οἰκημένοι . . cj. in Hdt.5.73. (Freq. written πη, πῆ in codd.)