ποτί

A. also, i.e. especially, Art. 8,41, 46, 57, 69, without καί only in Fract. 3 (but not in Hdt.), whether in or out of compos.; sts. in Trag. (lyr., exc. A. Eu. 79) as A. Th. 295, 346, Ag. 725, Eu. l. c., S. Fr. 245, E. Hipp. 140 (and in compds., as ποτινίσσομαι, ποτιμάστιος, ποτιπίπτω, ποτιτρόπαιος). The elision of ι before a vowel is found once in Pi., viz. O. 7.90 (elsewh. Pi. uses πρός before a vowel); but found in later Dor., as Epich. 170.7, IG 42(1).121.20 (Epid., iv B. C.), Theoc. 7.26, esp. in compds., v. ποθ‐ίερος, πόθ‐οδος, ποθ‐ολκίς, πότ‐αγε, ποτ‐αγωγίς, ποτ‐αείδω, ποτ‐αμέλγω, ποτ‐αυλέω, etc.; freq. apocop. before the Art., πὸτ τῶ, for πρὸς τοῦ, Theoc. 4.50, 5.74; πὸτ τῷ SIG 247 iii 11 (Delph., iv B. C.); πὸτ τόν IG 5(1).1.18, al. (Sparta); πὸτ τάν, for πρὸς τήν, Pi. Fr. 122.5 (s. v. l.), Ar. Ach. 732, etc.; πὸτ τό ib.751, Lys. 117, etc.; πὸτ τώς Foed.Lacon. ap. Th. 5.77; πὸτ τάς Ar. Lys. 1264 (lyr.); πὸτ τά ib.1253 (lyr.); πὸτ τούτοισι Epich. 60: less freq. in Verbs, ποτθέμειν Id. 170.10; ποτθέντες Tab.Heracl. 2.30; also πο‐, as in ποτόν Schwyzer 412 (Elis), ποτούς IG 9(1).334.32 (Locr.); πὸδ Δάφνη ib.7.518.5 (Tanagra, iii B. C.); πὸκ κατόπτας Schwyzer 485.10 (Thespiae, iii B. C.); ποί in Argolic, esp. before dentals, IG 42(1).102.63, al. (Epid., iv B. C.), sts. in other Dor. dialects, as Delphic, ib. 22.1126.26, etc. Cf. προτί. (Cf. Avest. paiti 'to': the form ποί has prob. lost τ by dissimilation from a following dental.)