που,
Ionic dialect κου, Aeolic dialect ποι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 25.17, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.101, “BCH” 37.157 (Cyme, 3rd c.BC), probably in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 9 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]:—enclitic adverb anywhere, somewhere, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.514, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς π. somewhere not far off, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 41; πέλας π. [prev. work] 163 (_anapaest meter_); μηδαμοῦ.. π. [prev. work] 256 (uncertain reading)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.3; ἄλλοθί π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.41; τῇδέ π. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.108.3, etc.: with _genitive_, ἀλλά π. αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+] in some part there of the fields, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.639 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμβαλεῖν π. (perhaps ποι) τῆς χώρας some part of the country, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.42; εἴ π. τῆς χώρας ταὐτὸ τοῦτο πάθος συνέβη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.195. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II without reference to Place, in some degree, καί πού τι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently to qualify an expression, perhaps, I suppose, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; added to introductory Particles, οὕτω π... [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.116; Ζεὺς μέν π. τό γε οἶδε 3.308; ὡς ὅτε π. 11.292 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἤν π., εἰ μή π., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 3.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372a: strengthened, τάχ᾽ ἄν π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1116; ἴσως π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 518 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: attached to single words to limit their significance, πάντως κ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.73 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί π. δράσει; what in the world? [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 743; οὐδείς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 64d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with numerals, ἔτεα τρία καὶ δέκα κ. μάλιστα about thirteen years, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 209, 7.22, etc.: οὔ τί που] Refs 5th c.BC+] denies with indignation or wonder, surely it cannot be.., οὔ τί π. οὗτος Ἀπόλλων [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.87, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1233, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1260, “Pax” 1211, “Ra.” 522, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 362d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ δήπου adds a shade of suspicion, οὐ δήπου Στράτω; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 122, compare “Av.” 269, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 194b] Refs 5th c.BC+]: for δήπου, ἦπου, (see entry).—In late writers [[(LXX.Josh.2.5, +others, NT.John.7.35, +others, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.27.9, 4.1.93, etc.) ποῦ, που] LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+] take the place of ποῖ, ποι, with Verbs of motion, as in Engl. where for whither? This idiom (condemned by [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 30, ποῦ ἄπει.. ἁμάρτημα)] Refs 2nd c.AD+] is found occasionally in early authors, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχοντα; [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.219; ἐξελθών που 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8; ἰόντα που 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.16 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but in pure Attic dialect only as falsa lectio for{ποῖ},{ποι}.