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A. where? Hom., etc.; freq. c. dat. pers., ποῦ δέ οἱ ἔντεα κεῖται . .; Il. 10.407; π. τοι τόξον; 5.171; π. τοι Δηΐφοβος . . , π. δέ τοι Ὀθρυονεύς; 13.770, 772; ἀλλ’ ἡμὶν Αἴας ποὖστιν; S. Aj. 733; π. μοί ποτε ναίει; Id. OC 137 (lyr.); rarely with Verbs of motion in early authors, v. που sub fin.:—c. gen. loci, π. χθονός; where in the world? A. Pers. 231; π. γῆς; S. Aj. 984, OT 108, etc.; π. τῆς χώρας; X. Eq.Mag. 7.14; τὴν σοφίαν . . π. χοροῦ τάξομεν; in what part of the chorus? Pl. Euthd. 279c.

2. so in a sense not strictly local, π. ποτ’ εἶ φρενῶν; S. El. 390; π. γνώμης ποτ’ εἶ; Id. Ant. 42; π. ποτ’ εἰμὶ πράγματος; Id. Tr. 375; π. σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν; at what point of fortune stands he? Id. Aj. 102.

II. of manner, how? E. IA 406, Or. 802; to express an inference very strongly, κοῦ γε δὴ . . οὐκ ἂν χωσθείη κόλπος . .; how then would it not . . ? i.e. it certainly would . . , Hdt. 2.11, cf. Th. 8.27 codd.; in Trag., in indignant questions, how? by what right? π. σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδε; S. Aj. 1100; ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἶ σαφής; Id. OT 390, cf. Ph. 451, E. Heracl. 369 (lyr.), 510; π. γάρ ἐστι δίκαιον; D. 37.41, cf. 23.58.