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πώποτε

popote

ever yet

Appears 107 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πώποτε, (πω, ποτέ) A. ever yet, in early Ep. always with neg. and best written divisim, οὐ γάρ πώ ποτέ μʼ ὧδέ γʼ ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψεν Il. 3.442, cf. Hes. Op. 650, etc. (referring to fut., οὐκ ἄν πώ ποτʼ ἐγώ . . ἐλθοίμην Batr. 178); usu. preceded by neg. in post-Hom. writers, but πώ ποτʼ οὐδαμοῖ Ar. V. 1188: c. fut. in later Gr., κακία οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται ἐν σοὶ π. LXX 1 Ki. 25.28; οὐ μὴ διψήσει π. Ev.Jo. 6.35, cf. PMag.Par. 1.291; also οὐ μὴ γένωνται καθαραὶ π. UPZ 78.27 (ii B.C.); μηδʼ ὄψον . . μετὰ τούτου π. δαίσῃ Cratin.Jun. 8: with pres., PMag.Leid.V. 11.30; cf. οὐ π., μὴ π., οὐδεπώποτε, μηδεπώποτε. II. sts., later, without a neg., 1. with questions which imply a neg. (cf. πω 11), ποῦ γὰρ π. ἄνευ νεφελῶν ὕοντʼ ἤδη τεθέασαι; Ar. Nu. 370; ἤδή π. του ἤκουσας; Pl. R. 493d, cf. X. Mem. 2.2.7, etc.: c. fut., τίς γὰρ ἁλώσεται π.; D. 45.45 (s.v.l.). 2. with a conditional clause, εἴ που ξένον τις ἠδίκησε πώποτε Ar. Ra. 147, cf. V. 556, Ach. 405, Pl. Tht. 196a, etc. 3. after Relatives, οὕς φαμεν πώποτέ τι . . πρᾶξαι Id. R. 352c; ἄλλον ὅστις πώποτέ τι γέγραφεν ἢ γράψει Id. Phdr. 258d; ὅσοι ἐμοῦ π. ἀκηκόατε Id. Ap. 19d, cf.D. 2.5, 4.50, al. 4. with the Art. and Part., οἱ π. γενόμενοι who ever yet existed, Isoc. 10.38, cf. 16.33, Pl. Phd. 116c, etc.: the Part. may be omitted, οἱ π. προδόται Lycurg. 134; μεγίστους τῶν π. X. HG 3.5.14, cf. PLips. 119v.ii 4 (iii A.D.).
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