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ποκα (poka)

ποκα is an Ancient Greek form of πότε, meaning “when? at what time?; at some time”. It is the noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of ποκάς, “wool, hair”. It is the vocative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 28 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 1.66: πᾷ ποκʼ ἄρʼ ἦσθʼ, ὅκα Δάφνις ἐτάκετο, πᾷ ποκα Νύμφαι;

Aristophanes, Lysistrata 105: ὁ δʼ ἐμός γα καἴ κʼ ἐκ τᾶς ταγᾶς ἔλσῃ ποκά,

Greek Anthology, Greek Anthology, Ἀνθολογία, Volume V 15.22.12: ὤπασ’ Ἐπειὸς πέλεκυν, τῷ ποκὰ πύργων θεοτεύκτων κατέρειψεν αἶπος.

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.