πως

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See πῶς (pôs).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Adverb[edit]

πως (pōs) (indefinite adverb)

  1. In any way, at all, by any means
  2. In a certain way

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • πως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πως”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • πως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πως in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πως”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πῶς (pôs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

πως (pos)

  1. that (introducing a clause)
    Νόμιζα πως είχες φύγει ήδη.
    Nómiza pos eíches fýgei ídi.
    I thought (that) you'd already left.
    Επιμένει πως δε συμβαίνει τίποτα.
    Epiménei pos de symvaínei típota.
    He insists that nothing's going on.

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