πῃ

πῃ, [dialect] Ion. (but not in Hom.) [full] κῃ, [dialect] Dor. [full] πᾳ : enclit. Particle :

I of Manner, in some way, somehow, with a neg. in any way, at all,

οὐδέ πῃ ἔστι Il.6.267

, cf. Od.12.433, 13.207 ;

οὐδέ τί πῃ δύναμαι Il.21.219

;

οὔτι πῃ Hes.Op.105

; οὕτω πῃ in some such way, Il.24.373 ;

ταῦτά κῃ Hdt.5.40

;

τῇδέ πῃ Pl.Phd.73b

, etc. ;

ταύτῃ πῃ Id.R.433e

, etc.; ἢ ἔχεις πῃ ἄλλῃ κάλλιον λέγειν; Id.Cra.427e ; ἄλλῃ γέ πῃ λέγειν ἢ ᾗ . . Id.Smp.189c ; εἴ πῃ if any way, Id.Prt.355a ; μή πῃ . . that in no way, Id.Sph.242c, etc. ; ἦ πᾳ . . ; can it possibly . . ? Theoc.4.3 ; so ἆρά γέ πα . . ; Id.7.149,151 ; μάλιστά κῃ somewhere about, approximately, Hdt.2.75, 4.86, etc. : to limit a [comp] Sup.,

ἀπορώτατά πῃ Pl.Ti.51b

, etc.; opp. ἁπλῶς, Arist.APr.49a8.

II of Space, by some way, to some place, Il.6.378,383 ;

οὔτε πῃ ἄλλῃ Od.2.127

, cf. 3.251 : c. gen., ἦ πῄ με . . πολίων . . ἄξεις; wilt thou carry me to some city ? Il.3.400.

2 somewhere, anywhere,

οὐδέ πῃ ἀσπὶς ἔην Od.22.25

(ap. Eust.) ;

εἴ πῃ πιέζοιντο Th.1.49

;

πεσόντος πῃ τοῦ τείχους X.HG5.2.5

, etc. ;

οὐδέ πῃ ἄλλῃ Od.22.140

;

ἀέρι πᾳ Theoc.17.120

.

3 πῇ μέν . . , πῇ δέ . . on one side . . , on the other . . , Plu.Caes.25 ; partly . . , partly . . , v.l. in X. An.3.1.12 ;

πῇ μέν . . , ἔστι δ' ὅτε Plu.Alc.6

.

B [full] πῇ, [dialect] Ion. (but not in Hom.) [full] κῇ, [dialect] Dor. [full] πᾷ : interrog. Particle :

I of Manner, in what way? how? Od.12.287, Pl.Phd.76b, Prt.353c, etc.; πῇ δή; how, pray? Pl.R.376b, etc.; πῇ δὴ οὖν ποτε; how in the world? Id.Lg.694c ; πῇ μάλιστα; how exactly? Id.R.537e ; πῶς οὖν καὶ πῇ; Id.Lg.686b : in indirect questions,

ἐκαραδόκεον τὸν πόλεμον κῇ ἀποβήσεται Hdt.8.67

, cf. D.29.1 ;

εἰδέναι πῇ διαφέρει X. Hier.1.2

, cf. Cyr.1.6.14, etc. ;

πῇ καὶ τί πρακτέον ἑκάστοις Plb.11.2.6

.

2 to what end? wherefore? Od.2.364, etc. ; πῇ δή; 17.219, Il. 10.385, etc.

II of Space, which way? whither? πῇ ἔβη Ἀνδρομάχη; 6.377, etc. ; πῇ ἔβαν εὐχωλαί; 8.229 ; πᾷ τις τράποιτ' ἄν ; A.Ch. 409(lyr.); πῇ δή; Il.5.472, 24.201 ; πῇ γάρ; Od.15.509 ; δεῦρο ἕπου. Answ. πῇ; Pl.Plt.258e.

2 less freq. like ποῦ ; where? Il.13.307 ; πᾷ πᾷ κεῖται; S.Aj.912 (lyr.), cf. E.Hec.1056(lyr.) : in indirect questions, X.HG2.4.31 : c. gen., ἐπειρώτα . . , κῇ γῆς οἰκημένοι . . cj. in Hdt.5.73. (Freq. written πη, πῆ in codd.)