Hom., etc.; freq. c. dat. pers., ποῦ δέ οἱ ἔντεα κεῖται ..;Il.10.407; π. τοι τόξον; 5.171; π. τοι Δηί̈φοβος .., π. δέ τοι Ὀθρυονεύς; 13.770, 772; ἀλλ' ἡμὶν Αἴας ποὖστιν;S.Aj.733; π. μοί ποτε ναίει;Id.OC137 (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, OT108, 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.IA406, 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,