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                    "description": "(<i>Att.<\/i>, also Arc.) indef. in οὔποτε IG 5(2).343.48, 66 (Orchom., iv BC), οὔτε ποτέ <i>Tab. Defix.<\/i> in <i>Philol.<\/i> 59.201, and <i>Cypr.<\/i> in μήποτε <i>Inscr.Cypr.<\/i> 144H.), Ion. κοτε, Dor. ποκα, <i>Aeol.<\/i> ποτα Sappho 1.5, enclit. Particle; <b>at some time<\/b> or <b>other, at some time<\/b>, τάχ’ ἄν ποτε θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃ <i>Il.<\/i> 1.205, cf. <i>Od.<\/i> 2.76, etc. ; π. καὶ ἄλλοτε <b>at certain<\/b> other <b>times<\/b>, X. <i>An.<\/i> 6.4.12, Arist. <i>Po.<\/i> 1451a9, Luc. <i>Herm.<\/i> 24. in hypoth. clauses, questions, etc., <b>at any time, ever<\/b>, S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 755, 1133; εἴ κοτε Call. <i>Aet.<\/i> Oxy. 2080.69; cf. εἴ ποτε ; also with relatives (cf. δήποτε), Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ’ ἐστίν A. <i>Ag.<\/i> 160 (lyr.), etc. ; ὅποι ποτέ, ὅπου π., etc., S. <i>Ph.<\/i> 780, <i>Aj.<\/i> 194 (lyr.), etc. ; after πω, πη, v. πώποτε, πήποκα ; very freq. with negatives, οὔτε ποτ’… <i>Il.<\/i> 1.226; οὐδέ ποτ’ Hes. <i>Th.<\/i> 759; οὐδέν ποτ’ ἄλλο A. <i>Ch.<\/i> 16; οὐδεὶς ἐρεῖ ποθ’ S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 481; οὐκ ἂν δή ποτε <i>Il.<\/i> 19.271, etc. ; τοῦτο μὴ δόξῃς ποτέ S. <i>Ant.<\/i> 762, cf. 648, 750, etc. ; cf. οὔποτε, μήποτε, οὐδέποτε, μηδέποτε, οὐπώποτε, μηπώποτε. in correl. clauses it stands first, with accent, ποτὲ μὲν…, ποτὲ δὲ… <b>at one time…, at another…<\/b>, Pl. <i>Tht.<\/i> 170c (<font color='darkorange'>s.v.l.<\/font>), Plb. 4.38.6, etc. ; ποτὲ μὲν…, αὖθις δὲ… Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 560a; ποτὲ…, τοτὲ δ’ οὔ Id. <i>Tht.<\/i> 192d; ποτ’ εἶχε…, εἶτά γε νῦν D. 36.50; ποτὲ μὲν… νῦν δέ Luc. <i>DMort.<\/i> 11.1; ποτὲ δὲ…, without any preceding Part., Thphr. <i>Char.<\/i> 9.7 (<font color='darkorange'>dub.<\/font>). of some unknown point of time, in ref. to the past, <b>once<\/b>, ὅν ποτ’ Ἀθήνη θρέψε <i>Il.<\/i> 2.547, etc. ; οὕς ποτ’ ἀπ’ Αἰνείαν ἑλόμην, of the day before, 8.108 (v. Sch.), cf. 14.45; ἤδη π. 1.260, S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 1142, Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 346, <i>Ra.<\/i> 931; ποτ’ ἤδη A. <i>Eu.<\/i> 50; πρόσθε πού ποτ’ S. <i>OC<\/i> 1549; χρόνῳ ποτ’ Id. <i>Ant.<\/i> 303; esp. in telling a story, <b>once upon a time<\/b>, οὕτω ποτ’ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 1182, cf. Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 237b; with historic <i>pres.<\/i>, S. <i>OT<\/i> 715, E. <i>El.<\/i> 416, <i>Ba.<\/i> 2; with a <i>Subst.<\/i>, εἰς τήν π. φιλίαν And. 3.22; τυράννου… πάλαι π. S. <i>OT<\/i> 1043, cf. Ph. 677 (lyr.), <i>Tr.<\/i> 555.<br\/><b>at length<\/b>, μόγις δή κοτε εἶπε Hdt. 1.116; μόγις οὖν π. Pl. <i>Prt.<\/i> 314e, etc. ; ὀψὲ γοῦν π. Hierocl. <i>in CA<\/i> 27 p. 484M. in ref. to the future, <b>at some time<\/b>, καί π. τοι… παρέσσεται… δῶρα <i>Il.<\/i> 1.213, cf. 240, S. <i>OC<\/i> 386, <i>Ant.<\/i> 912, etc. ; also to denote earnest expectation, <b>at length<\/b>, εὔχεταί π. οἶκον ἰδεῖν Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 4.293; ἔμελλον ἄρα παύσειν π. Ar. <i>Ra.<\/i> 268; esp. with imper., μέθες π.<br\/><b>dimitte tandem aliquando<\/b>, S. <i>Ph.<\/i> 816; τείσασθ΄, ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ π. <i>ib.<\/i> 1041, etc. ; ὀψέ π. Jul. <i>Or.<\/i> 1.31d. with intensive force, in questions, τίς ποτε· who <b>in the world?<\/b> τίνες ποτ’ ἐστέ· A. <i>Eu.<\/i> 408, cf. S. <i>Ph.<\/i> 220, etc. ; τί ποτ’ ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ πάθος what it can <b>possibly<\/b> be, Pl. <i>Tht.<\/i> 187d; οὐκ ἐξερεῖς ποτε· S. <i>OT<\/i> 335, cf. 754, <i>Aj.<\/i> 1290, etc. ; to strengthen ἀεί, ἀεί ποτε <b>from all time, always in the past<\/b>, ἀεί ποτε ζῇ ταῦτα Id. <i>Ant.<\/i> 456, cf. <i>Aj.<\/i> 320, Th. 6.82, al., D.C. 42.5; ἀεὶ δή π. Th. 1.13, 8.73."
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