ποῖος, α, ον,
Ionic dialect κοῖος, η, ον, of what kind? in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus commonly expressing surprise and anger, π. τὸν μῦθον ἔειπες] Refs 8th c.BC+] what manner of speech hast thou spoken! [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.552, +others; ποῖόν σε ἔπος φύγεν ἕρκος ὀδόντων 4.350, +others; simply, ποῖον ἔειπες 13.824, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.85, +others; ποῖον ἔρεξας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.570 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποῖοί κ᾽ εἶτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆϊ ἀμυνέμεν what sort would ye be to.. ! [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.195 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in simple questions, ποίῃ.. νηΐ σε ναῦται ἤγαγο; [[ 16.222; κοίῃ χειρ; 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.155, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 304 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖος οὐ interrogative, equivalent to every affirmative, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.21, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 420, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 frequently in Comedy texts and Prose dialogue, used in repeating a word used by the former speaker, to express scornful surprise, Πρωτέως τάδ᾽ ἐστὶ μέλαθρα. Answ. ποίου Πρωτέω; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 874, compare “Ach.” 62, 157, 761, “Nu.” 367, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180b, “Grg.” 490e, “Chrm.” 174b: twice in Trag., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 427, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 567: with _Article_, τὰν ποίαν σύριγγ; 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.5: abbreviation ποῖ (which see). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with the Article, when the question implies a Noun which is defined by the Article or the context, τὸ π. εὑρὼν.. φάρμακο; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 251; τὰ π. τρύχ; μῶν ἐν οἷς..; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 418 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέγεις δὲ τὴν π. κατάστασιν ὀλιγαρχία; Answ. τὴν ἀπὸ τιμημάτων πολιτείαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 550c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with the demonstrative, ὁ ποῖος οὗτος Λάμαχο; Answ. ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 963, compare “Nu.” 1270, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 12.4 (corr. Elmsley)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes the answer is given more generally, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 120, 291, “OC” 1415, “Ph.” 1229: in Prose, τὸ π.; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 220e, etc.; τὸ π. δ; [prev. author] “Tht.” 147d, “Phdr.” 279a; τὰ π. ταῦτ; [prev. author] “Cra.” 395d, etc.; τῆς π. μερίδος γενέσθαι τὴν πόλιν ἐβούλετ᾽ ἄ; 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.64 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so also without the Article, κοῖα ταῦτα λέγει; [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Ἐρινὺν τήνδε..; what sort of Fury is this that..? [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1119 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἐρεῖς τόδ᾽ ἔπο; what sort of word is this that thou wilt speak? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1204 (Lyric poetry), compare 441, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]