πῃ

See also: πῇ and Appendix:Variations of "pe"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κῃ (kēi) — Ionic
  • πᾳ (pāi) — Doric
  • πη (pē)
  • πή (pḗ), πῄ (pḗi) — stressed

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos. Compare Latin quā. See also its interrogative form πῇ (pêi).

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

πῃ • (pēi)

  1. somehow
  2. (to) somewhere

See also

Further reading

  • “πῄ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πῃ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “πῃ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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