potanhv"
pota<Eth>nhv" , ev" , Dor. for proshnhv" .
potanov"
pota<Eth>nov" , av, ovn , Dor. for pothnov" , winged, flying, furnished with wings, Pind ., Eur. ; ejn potanoi`" among fowls, Pind .: —metaph ., potano;" ejn Moivsaisi , i.e. soaring in the arts of the Muses, Id.; potana`/ macana`/ by soaring art, i.e. by poesy, Id. From potavomai
potavomai
potavomai , Ep. -evomai , Frequent. of pevtomai ; Dor. part. pothvmeno" : f. pothvsomai : aor. I ejpothvqhn , Dor. -avqhn »a<Eth>1/4 : pf. pepovthmai , Dor. -a<Eth>mai , Ep. 3 pl. pepothva±tai : 3 sing. plqpf. pepovthto :— to fly about, Hom .; keraunoi; potevonto Hes .: simply = pevtomai , to fly, Aesch ., Eur. ; ta; pothvmena sullabei`n , of vain pursuits, Theocr. :— pf. (with pres. sense), to be upon the wing, Hom.
II.
metaph.
to hover,
Aesch.
2.
to be on the wing, be fluttered,
Eur
.,
Ar.
potaulevw
pot-aulevw , Dor. for pro"-aulevw .
pot-a<Eth>w`/o" , wv/a, w`/on , Dor. for pro"-hw`/o" .
povte, potev
povte , Ion. kovte , Dor. povka , (* pov" ) interrog. Particle used in direct and indirect questions, corresponding to the relat. o{te, oJpovte and demonstr. tovte , when? at what time? Hom .; povtÆ, eij mh; nu`n Aesch .; also, ej" povte lhvxei ; Soph.
II.
potev
,
Ion.
kotev
,
Dor.
pokav
, enclit. Particle:
1.
at some time
or
other, at some time,
Hom
.,
etc.
2.
at any time, ever,
Soph
.,
etc.
; often after relat. words,
o{sti" potev, o{sti" dhvpote, o{sti" dhpotou`n
,
v.
dhvpote
; also after
pw
,
v.
pwvpote
; and after negatives, when it often becomes one word with the
negat.
,
ou[pote, mhvpote, oujdevpote, mhdevpote
.
3. in correl. clauses it stands first, with accent, pote; mevn. . , pote; dev . . , at one time. . , at another. . , Lat. modo. . , modo. . , Plat.
III.
of some unknown point of time,
1.
the past,
once, erst,
Il.,
Trag.
; in telling a story,
once upon a time,
Ar.
2.
the future,
at some time,
Il.,
etc.
:—with
imperat.
,
Lat.
tandem aliquando
,
Soph.
3.
in questions,
tiv" pote
;
Lat.
qui tandem
? who in the world?
Aesch
.,
etc.
;
v.
tivpote
;
tivpte
.
Poteida`n
Poteida`n, Poteivdan , Dor. for Poseidw`n .
potevomai
potevomai , Ep. for potavomai .
potei`don, potidwvn , Dor. for prosei`don, prosidwvn