εἴπου

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰ (ei) + που (pou).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěː.puː/ → /ˈi.pu/ → /ˈi.pu/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěː.puː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pu/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pu/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pu/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pu/

Conjunction

εἴπου • (eípou)

1. if anywhere, if at all
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.93
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.193
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.1.16
   1. (indirect) whether anywhere
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.415

Verb

εἴπου • (eípou)

1. second-person singular aorist middle indicative of εἶπον (eîpon)

References

• “εἴπου”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἴπου”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers