πώποτε, (πω, ποτέ)
ever yet, in early
Epic dialect always with
negative and best written divisim, οὐ γάρ πώ ποτέ μ᾽ ὧδέ γ᾽ ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+] (referring to
future, οὐκ ἄν πώ ποτ᾽ ἐγώ. ἐλθοίμην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
future in later Gr, κακία οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται ἐν σοὶ π[
LXX]; οὐ μὴ διψήσει π. [
NT]; also οὐ μὴ γένωνται καθαραὶ π. [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ὄψον. μετὰ τούτου π. δαίσῃ [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with
present, [
Refs]; compare οὐ π, μὴ π, οὐδεπώποτε, μηδεπώποτε.
II) sometimes, later, without a
negative,
II.1) with questions which imply a
negative (compare πω 11), ποῦ γὰρ π. ἄνευ νεφελῶν ὕοντ᾽ ἤδη τεθέασα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδή π. του ἤκουσα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
future, τίς γὰρ ἁλώσεται π; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2) with a conditional clause, εἴ που ξένον τις ἠδίκησε πώποτε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) after Relatives, οὕς φαμεν πώποτέ τι. πρᾶξαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4) with the
Article and Part, οἱ π. γενόμενοι who
ever yet existed, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: the Part. may be omitted, οἱ π. προδόται [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεγίστους τῶν π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]