Quick Definition
ποταπός, ή, όν Adj of what kind
Strong's Definition
apparently from 4219 and the base of 4226; interrogatively, whatever, i.e. of what possible sort
KJV Usage: what (manner of)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποταπός ({in Dion. Hal., Joseph., Philo, al.] for the older ποδαπός [ef. Lob. Phryn. p. 56 sq.; Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 129; W. 24; Curtius p. 537, 5th ed.]; ace. to the Grk. grammarians i. 4. ἐκ ποίου δαπέδου, from what region; acc. to the conjecture of others i. 4. ποῦ ἀπό [(Buttmann, Lexil. i. 126, compares the Germ. wovon)], the 8 being inserted for the sake of euphony, as in the Lat. prodire, prodesse; cf. Fritzsche on Mark p. 554 sq. [still others regard -δαπός merely as an ending; cf (Sir. xxiii. πότε 5 Apollon. Dysk., ed. Butimarin, index 5. v.]),-4,-dv; 1. from what country, race, or tribe? so fr. Aeschyl. down. 2. from Demosth. down also i. q. ποῖος, of what sort or quality ? [what manner of 5]: absol. of persons, Mt. viii. 27; 2 Pet. iii. 11; with a pers. noun, Lk. vii. 39; w. names of things, Mk. xiii. 1; Lk. i. 29; 1 Jn. iii. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ποταπός potapos 7x
Of what country? in NT equivalent to ποῖος, What? Of what manner? Of what kind or sort? Lk. 1:29; 7:37; denoting admiration, What? What kind of? How great? Mt. 8:27; Mk. 13:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ποταπός
(late form of cl. ποδ-), -ή, -όν, [in LXX: Da LXX Su 54*;]
(= ποδαπός) from what country?
In late writers, = ποῖος, of what sort?: Mt 8:27, Mk 13:1, Lk 1:29 7:39, II Pe 3:11, I Jo 3:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ποταπός. This Hellenistic form of the classical ποδαπός, ‘‘of what country ?” (cf. Proleg. p. 95), occurs in the Mime fragment, P Oxy IIL. 413!° (Roman period) ποταπὰ περιπατεῖς ; ‘‘where are you walking from?” In the NT the word is never local, but = ποῖος; ‘‘of what sort?” ‘‘how great?”: cf. the illiterate P Oxy XIV. 16781® (iii/A.D.) γράψον pu, ποταπὸν θέλεις ἐνήκω (1. ἐνέγκω), “‘ write me what sort (of purple) you wish me to bring.” The same usage occurs in Apoc. Petr. 2 ποταποί εἰσι τὴν μορφήν : see also Schmid Afticismus iil. p. 253, iv. p. 371-
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ποταπός (potapos) — of what kind?. ποδᾰπός, ή, όν, from what country?: hence, generally, whence? where born? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wine, π. ὁ Βρόμιο; Θάσιος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. generally, of what sort? π. τὸ δῶρο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in later Gr., [NT+2nd c.AD+]; in a play on both senses, π. τὸ γένο; πλούσιος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. (i.e. κύων); οἷος.. μὴ δάκνειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb -πῶς[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ποταπῶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+] considers signification 2 un-Attic, but S. [prev. cited] is cited by Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.239 H.: the spelling ποταπός (which is falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] is found in later Gr., [same places] above,[Refs 1st c.BC+] = Latin quod; for the termination compare ἀλλοδαπός (and see [Refs 2nd c.AD+] by Phryn.[same place], [Refs 9th c.AD+]