Dictionary entry

G04226

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ποῦ

Etym. properly a gen. of *πός "quis"

interrog. adv., in direct or indirect questions, corresponding to the relat. ὅπου, "where?" Lat. ubi? Hom., etc.:—c. gen. loci, ποῦ γῆς; ποῦ χθονός; "where" in theworld? Lat. ubinam terrarum? Aesch., etc.; so, ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἶ φρενῶν; Soph.; ποῦ γνώμης εἶ; Id=Soph..; ποῦ τύχης; "at what point" of fortune? Id=Soph.

II. of manner, "how?" Eur.; to express an inference very strongly, κοῦ γε δὴ.. οὐκ ἂν χωσθείη κόλπος..; "how" then would it not..? i. e. it certainly would.., Hdt.; also in Trag., in indignant questions, "how? by what right?" ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἰ σοφός; Soph.