πῃ

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 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. HG 5.2.5, 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. πῇ, Ion. (but not in Hom.) κῇ, Dor. 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. HG 2.4.31 : c. gen., ἐπειρώτα . . , κῇ γῆς οἰκημένοι . . cj. in Hdt. 5.73. (Freq. written πη , πῆ in codd.)