ποτέ, an enclitic particle, fr. Hom. down; 1. once, i. e. at some time or other, formerly, aforetime ; a. of the Past: Jn. ix. 13; Ro. vii. 9; xi. 30; Gal. i. 13, 23 [ef. W. § 45, 7]; Eph. ii. 2 sq. 11,13; v. 8; Col. i. 21; iii. 7; 1 Th. ii. 5; Tit. iii. 3; Philem. 11; 1 Pet. ii. 10; iii. 5, 20; ἤδη ποτέ, now at length, Phil. iv. 10. b. of the Future: Lk. xxii. 32; ἤδη ποτέ, now at length, Ro. i. 10. 2. ever: after a negative, οὐδείς ποτε, Eph. v. 29 [B. 202 (175)]; ov... ποτέ, 2 Pet. i. 21; μή more (see μήποτε); after ov μή with the aor. subjunc. 2 Pet. i. 10; ina question, τίς ποτε, 1 Co. ix. 7; Heb.i. 5, 13; ὁποῖοί ποτε, whatsoever, Gal. ii. 6 [but some would render ποτέ here formerly, once; cf. Bp. Lghtft. ad loc. ].

πότε, interrog. adv. of time, when?: Mt 25:37-39, 44, Lk 21:7, Jo 6:25; ἕως π., how long: Mt 17:17, Mk 9:19, Lk 9:41, Jo 10:24, Re 6:10. In indir. questions, = ὁπότε, Mt 24:3, Mk 13:4, 33, 35, Lk 12:36 17:20 (v. Bl., § 25, 4).†

ποτέ, an indefinite temporal particle = ‘fat any time, at some time,” ‘‘once,” ‘‘formerly”’: cf. PSI V. 484? (B.c. 258-7) ὥς ποτε αὐτῶι ἐδόκει, P Oxy IV. 7457 (c. A.D. 1) οὐκ οἶδας yap πῶς μοι ἐχρήσατο ἐν ᾿Οξυρύγχοις οὐχ ὡς λύσα v>TL ἀλλ᾽ ὥς τινί ποτε ἀποστερητῆι μὴ ἀποδεδωκότι, “*you don’t know how he treated me at Oxyrhynchus (?), not like a man who had paid but like a defrauder and a debtor” (Edd.), P Fay 11076 (A.D. 94) “Hpwva τόν ποτε ἡγούμί(ενον), ‘ Heron the former president,” P Ryl IL. 243° (ii/A.D.) ὅσα ποτὲ οὖν ἐὰν ἀναίναγλώσῃς ls τὴν τοῦ κλήρου κατεργασίαν, ἡμεῖν ἐνλόγησον ἐπὶ λόγου. ““υυΐ down to our account everything you expend on the cultivation of the > ες μοί ποτε περὶ τούτου, ‘“‘you once had a conversation with me on this subject” (Edd.), P Par 57414 (iii/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 113) ἐξορκίζω σε, δαῖμον, ὅστις ποτ᾽ οὖν εἶ, and P Oxy XIV. τόϑ8ο1" (iii/iv a.p.) ὑπονοοῦμαι ὅτι πάντως πάλιν τί ποτε ἔχει πρὸς σέ, “I suspect that he must have some further claim against you ”’ (Edd.). In illustration of Rev 2® mention is sometimes made οἱ C/G 11. 3148 (time of Hadrian) οἱ ποτὲ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι, ‘‘ the quondam Jews,” as if these were renegade Jews who had forsworn their faith, but Ramsay (Lef¢fers, p. 272), following Mommsen, is of opinion that they were ‘‘quondam”’’ in the sense that they were ‘“‘no longer recognised as a separate nation by the Roman law (as they had been before A.D. 70).” , πότερον For ἤδη ποτέ, 2am ἐαγιαΐξνηι, as in Rom 119, cf. the ostracon letter published by Deissmann ZAZ, p. 186—® καὶ ἤδη ποτὲ δὸς TH ἐμῆ παιδίσκη τὰς τοῦ (πυροῦ) ¥ € ‘and now at length give to my maid the 3} artabae of wheat.” See further s.v. μήποτε.

πότε (pote) — when?. πότε, Ionic dialect κότε, Doric dialect πόκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:

I. interrogative Particle used in direct and indirect questions, when? at what time? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πότ᾽ ἆρ; ={πότε} with ἆρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. indefinite ποτε (Attic dialect, also [Refs 4th c.BC+], Ionic dialect κοτε, Doric dialect ποκα, Aeolic dialect ποτα [Refs 7th c.BC+]

II.1. at some time or other, at some time, τάχ᾽ ἄν ποτε θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. καὶ ἄλλοτε at certain other times, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. in hypothetical clauses, questions, etc., at any time, ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare εἴ ποτε: also with relatives (compare δήποτε), Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ᾽ ἐστίν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅποι ποτέ, ὅπου π., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; after πω, πη, see at {πώποτε, πήποκα}: very frequently with negatives, οὔτε ποτ᾽.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare οὔποτε, μήποτε, οὐδέποτε, μηδέποτε, οὐπώποτε, μηπώποτε.

II.3. in correlative clauses it stands first, with accent, ποτὲ μὲν.., ποτὲ δὲ.. at one time.., at another.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποτὲ δὲ.., without any preceding Part., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. of some unknown point of time,

III.1. in reference to the past, once, ὅν ποτ᾽ Ἀθήνη θρέψε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially in telling a story, once upon a time, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with historic present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a substantive, εἰς τήν π. φιλίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.1. b at length, μόγις δή κοτε εἶπε [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. in reference to the future, at some time, καί π. τοι.. παρέσσεται.. δῶρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: also to denote earnest expectation, at length, εὔχεταί π. οἶκον ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]dimitte tandem aliquando, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀψέ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+]

III.3. with intensive force, in questions, τίς ποτ; who in the world? τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐστ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ πάθος what it can possibly be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to strengthen ἀεί, ἀεί ποτε from all time, always in the past, ἀεί ποτε ζῇ ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]