πῶς — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

Ion.κῶςinterrog.advused occas. in indir.qs.in what manner or by what meanshow?Hom.expressing surprise or incredulity, indignation, or a request for clarificationhow can it be that, for what reason, in what sense, why?Hom.πῶς φῄς; πῶς εἶπας;or sim.what do you mean?Trag.w.vb. be or sim.in what state or conditionhow?Hom.w.gen.w. regard to a contest, goodwill, magnitudeE. Pl. w. wd. repeated by a 2nd speaker, in asking for an explanationδίκαια ... πῶς δίκαια;These actions arejust. —How can they be just?S.w. other interrogs.πῶς ἐκ τίνος νεώς ... ;How and by what ship ... ?E.πῶς τί τοῦτο λέγεις;What is this you are saying and why?Pl.τί τἀμά —πῶς ἔχει; —θεσπίσματα;What of my prophecies? How do they stand?E.w.adj. ὤνιος for salefor how much?Ar. Men. expressing a wish, esp. a hopeless oneπῶς ἄνw.opt.if only Ior someonecouldTrag. Ar. Men.expressing a courteous exhortationI should be glad if you couldOd.w. ellipse of vb.how so, how can that be?S. E. Ar. Pl.alsoπῶς δή;Trag. Ar.πῶς δαί;Ε. Ar.πῶς δῆτα;Pl.καὶ πῶς;A. E. Ar. Pl. confirming a neg. statementπῶς γάρ;how could that be so?S. E. Antiphoconfirming a positive statementπῶς γὰρ οὔ;how could that not be so?Trag. Pl.alsoπῶς γάρ;S.πῶς δ᾿ οὔ;Trag. Ar. Pl.transitional, oft. preceding a further q.πῶς οὖν;what thenis to be done, what follows?E. Pl. parenth., in intensv.phrs.πῶς δοκεῖς, πῶς οἴει;or sim.you can't imagine how, remarkably, ever soE. Ar. Thphr.ἐκ γαληνῶν πῶς δοκεῖς προσφθεγμάτωνafter such unimaginably calm talkE.non-parenthetically, w.acc. + inf.Ar. X. D.πῶς οἴεσθέ μου τὴν καρδίαν ὀρεχθεῖν;you can't imagine how my heart palpitatedAr. exclam.how ... !NT. πως

Ion.κωςindef.enclit.adv in someany way, by someany means, at allHom.see also οὔπως conveying indefiniteness, uncertainty or diffidencesomehow, as it happens, so it seemsIl.modifying another adv.somewhatHdt.w. εἰ, ἐάν or sim.if somehow, if perhapsHom.sts. written in a particular wayArist.

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how? in what way

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