πω

πω

See also: πώ, πῶ, and Appendix:Variations of "po"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κω (kō) – Ionic
• πώ (pṓ) – stressed

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɔː/ → /po/ → /po/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po/

Particle

πω • (pō)

1. up to this time, yet (as a negative polarity item)
2. at all, ever (as a negative polarity item)

Derived terms

• οὔπω (oúpō)
• μήπω (mḗpō)

References

• “πω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Greek

Verb

πω • (po)

1. 1st person singular dependent form of λέω (léo).