ἔκτοθεν

ektothen

from without, outside

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1132
Book 9 2
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9239
9338
Book 13 1
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13100

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔκτοθεν, Adv., (ἐκτός) Ep. for ἔξωθεν, A. = ἔκτοσθεν, from without, outside, c. gen., ἔ. ἄλλων μνηστήρων outside their circle, apart from them, Od. 1.132; λίμνας ἔ. A. Pers. 871 (lyr.); πύργων δʼ ἔ. βαλών having struck them from the wall, Id. Th. 629 (lyr.); ἔ. ἐρώτων AP 5.301.7 (Agath.). 2. abs., outside, without, οὐδʼ ἀπʼ ἄλλων ἔ. A. Ch. 473 (lyr.); ἔ. βοᾶν S. El. 802; ἔ. γαμεῖν marry from an alien house, E. Andr. 975; τὰ ἔ. things abroad, Theoc. 10.9:—ἔκτοθεν αὐλῆς is dub. in Od. 9.239 (perh. outside in the court). 3. without, unaccompanied by, τινός Nonn. D. 11.428.

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