πω

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

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κω (kō) — Ionic
πώ (pṓ) — stressed

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷṓ, mostly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóh₁, an ablative or instrumental singular form of *kʷós, the reconstruction of which is debated. Cognate with Latin quō and Proto-Germanic *hwō.

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Pronunciation

(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)

up to this time, yet (as a negative polarity item)
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

Greek

Verb

πω • (po)

first-person singular dependent of λέω (léo)