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πόποι , exclam. of surprise, anger, or pain, π. freq. in Hom., always at the beginning of a verse and sentence;
A. π., οἷον ἔειπε . .Od.17.248; “ π., οἷον δή νυ . .1.32; “ π., ὡς . .10.38, al; “ π., μάλα . .Il.16.745, al.; “ π. οὐδέ νύ σοί περ8.201, cf. Od.17.454; “ π. . . καὶ δὴIl.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. “πόποιςEuph.136.
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