ποτί [ῐ], Dor. forπρός,also used in Ep. (as Il. 1.426 , al., Call. Del. 210 , al.), and rarely in Hp. , esp.in phraseπ. καίand
A. also,i.e.especially, Art.
8 , 41 , 46 , 57 , 69 , withoutκαίonly in Fract. 3 (but not in Hdt. ), whether in or out of compos.; sts. in Trag. (lyr., exc. A. Eu. 79 ) as A. Th. 295 , 346 , Ag. 725 ,Eu.l. c., S. Fr. 245 , E. Hipp. 140 (and in compds., asποτινίσσομαι, ποτιμάστιος, ποτιπίπτω, ποτιτρόπαιος). The elision ofιbefore a vowel is found once in Pi. , viz. O. 7.90 (elsewh. Pi. usesπρόςbefore a vowel); but found in later Dor. , as Epich. 170.7 , IG 42(1).121.20 (Epid.,iv B. C.), Theoc. 7.26 , esp. in compds., v. ποθ-ίερος, πόθ-οδος, ποθ-ολκίς, πότ-αγε, ποτ-αγωγίς, ποτ-αείδω, ποτ-αμέλγω, ποτ-αυλέω , etc.; freq. apocop. before the Art.,πὸτ τῶ,forπρὸς τοῦ,
Theoc. 4.50 , 5.74 ; πὸτ τῷ
SIG 247 iii 11
(Delph.,iv B. C.); πὸτ τόν
IG 5(1).1.18
, al. (Sparta);πὸτ τάν,forπρὸς τήν,
Pi. Fr. 122.5 (s. v. l.), Ar. Ach. 732 , etc.;πὸτ τόib. 751 , Lys. 117 , etc.;πὸτ τώςFoed. Lacon. ap. Th. 5.77 ; πὸτ τάς
Ar. Lys. 1264