ποῖ
See also: ποι
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editLike the indefinite adverb ποι (poi), a locative adverb from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + -ι (-i, locative adverb suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pôi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /py/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /py/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /py/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi/
Adverb
editποῖ • (poî) (interrogative adverb)
- whither? whereto? where?
- ποῖ δὴ πορεύῃ καὶ πόθεν?
- poî dḕ poreúēi kaì póthen?
- Whither art thou going and whence?
Usage notes
editThis word can be used to introduce direct and indirect questions. ὅποι (hópoi) can introduce indirect questions only.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “ποῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ποῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ποῖ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- destination idem, page 217.
- direction idem, page 226.
- whither idem, page 977.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷ-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ι
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adverbs
- Ancient Greek interrogative adverbs
- Ancient Greek terms with usage examples