# ποθι
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ποθί (pothí) — used after paroxytones

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) +‎ -θι (-thi, locative suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /po.tʰi/ → /po.θi/ → /po.θi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /po.tʰi/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /po.tʰi/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /po.θi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /po.θi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /po.θi/

### Adverb

ποθῐ • (pothi) (enclitic)
* somewhere, anywhere
** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 886:τίς ἂν φιλοπόνων ἁλιαδᾶν [...] τὸν ὠμόθυμον εἴ ποθι πλαζόμενον λεύσσων ἀπύοι;tís àn philopónōn haliadân [...] tòn ōmóthumon eí pothi plazómenon leússōn apúoi?What toiling fisherman [...] can say whether she has anywhere seen the wanderings of fierce-hearted Ajax?
* ever
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.379:ἐγὼ δὲ θεοὺς ἐπιβώσομαι αἰὲν ἐόντας, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς δῷσι παλίντιτα ἔργα γενέσθαιegṑ dè theoùs epibṓsomai aièn eóntas, aí ké pothi Zeùs dôisi palíntita érga genésthaiBut I will call upon the gods that are forever, if ever Zeus may grant that deeds of requital may be wrought.
* perhaps
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.273:ἀλλά ποθι Ζεὺς ἤθελ’ Ἀχαιοῖσιν θάνατον πολέεσσι γενέσθαιallá pothi Zeùs ḗthel’ Akhaioîsin thánaton poléessi genésthaiBut perhaps it was the good pleasure of Zeus that on many of the Achaeans death should come.

#### Synonyms

* (somewhere): που (pou), ἐστιν ὅπου (estin hópou), ἐνιαχῆ (eniakhê)
* (ever): ποτε (pote), πω (pō), πώ ποτε (pṓ pote)
* (perhaps): τάχα (tákha), ἴσως (ísōs), τυχόν (tukhón)

#### Related terms

* ποθεν (pothen)
* ποτε (pote)
* ὅθι (hóthi)
* πόθι (póthi)
* τόθι (tóthi)

#### See also

| type | interrogative | indefinite | (medial) demonstrative | proximal demonstrative | distal demonstrative | relative | indefinite relative | identity | other |
| basic | τίς | τις, ἔνιοι | †ὁ, οὗτος | ὅδε | ἐκεῖνος | ὅς | ὅστις | ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός | ἕτερος, ἄλλος |
| dual | πότερος | πότερος, ποτερός | | | | ὁπότερος | ὁπότερος | | |
| quality | ποῖος | ποιός | †τοῖος, τοιοῦτος | τοιόσδε | | οἷος | ὁποῖος | ὅμοιος | ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος |
| quantity | πόσος | ποσός | †τόσος, τοσοῦτος | τοσόσδε | | ὅσος | ὁπόσος | | |
| manner | πῶς | πως | †τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως | ὧδε | | ὡς | ὅπως | ὁμῶς | ἑτέρως, ἄλλως |
| method, path, place | πῇ | πῃ | τῇ, ταύτῃ | τῇδε | ἐκείνῃ | ᾗ | ὅπῃ | | ἄλλῃ |
| place | ποῦ, †πόθι | που, †ποθι | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνθάδε | ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι | οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι | ὅπου, †ὁπόθι | αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ | ἄλλοθι |
| source | πόθεν | ποθεν | †τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν | ἐνθένδε | ἐκεῖθεν | ὅθεν | ὁπόθεν | †ὁμόθεν | ἄλλοθεν |
| destination | ποῖ, †πόσε | ποι | ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα | ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο | ἐκεῖσε | οἷ | ὅποι, †ὁπόσε | αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε | ἄλλοσε |
| time | πότε, πῆμος | ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε | τότε, τῆμος | τημόσδε | | ὅτε, ἦμος | ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος | ἅμα | ἄλλοτε |
| exact time | πηνίκα | | †τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα | τηνικάδε | | ἡνίκα | ὁπηνίκα | αὐτίκα | |
| duration of time | | | τέως | | | ἕως | | | |
| size, age | πηλίκος | πηλίκος | †τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος | τηλικόσδε | | ἡλίκος | ὁπηλίκος | ὁμῆλιξ | |
| repetition | ποσάκις, ποσίνδα | ποσάκις | τουτάκις, τοσάκις | | | †ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις | ὁποσάκις | | |
| multiplication | ποσαπλάσιος | | | | | ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων | | | |
| order | πόστος | ποστός | | | | | ὁπόστος | | |
| † Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions. ||||||||||

#### References

* “ποθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press