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αὐτόθεν

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from the very spot

Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.

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αὐτόθεν, before a conson. sts. αὐτόθε, Theoc. 5.60, Supp.Epigr. 2.293 (Delph., iii/ii B. C.): Adv. I. of Place, = ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τόπου, from the very spot: freq. with a Prep., αὐ. ἐξ ἕδρης straight from his seat, without rising, Il. 19.77; αὐ. ἐξ ἑδρέων Od. 13.56, cf. 21.420; ἐκ τοῦ Ἄργους αὐ. Th. 5.83; Ἄργεος ἐξ ἱεροῖο αὐ. Theoc. 25.171: rare in Trag., σὺ δʼ αὐ. μοι χαῖρε from where you stand, not coming nearer, S. OC 1137; τῶν μὲν αὐ. τῶν δὲ ἀπὸ Στρυμόνος some from the country itself, others . . , Hdt. 1.64; αὐ. παρασκευῇ ἐπιέναι with a force raised on the spot, Th. 6.21; αὐ. πολεμοῦντα βιοτεύειν live on the country, Id. 1.11; ὅπως αὐ. αὐτῷ τὰ σώματα καὶ τὴν γνώμην παρασκευάζοιντο X. Ages. 1.28; οἱ αὐ. the natives, Th. 2.25, 6.21, cf. 4.129; χρυσὸς αὐ. καθαρός in its native state, Plb. 34.10.12; ἐνθένδʼ αὐ. Ar. Ach. 116; ὕδωρ αὐ. ποθὲν συλλειβόμενον Luc. Alex. 13. 2. from oneself, of oneʼs own accord, spontaneously, Demetr. Eloc. 32; αὐ. εἰδέναι τι Dam. Pr. 351. II. of Time, as we say on the spot, i.e. at once, immediately, Il. 20.120, A. Supp. 102, Hdt. 8.64, Th. 1.141; δῆλός ἐστιν αὐ. Ar. Eq. 330, cf.Ec. 246, Pl. Grg. 470e; λέγετε αὐ. Id. Smp. 213a. 2. obuiously, αὐ. ἐκφανής self-evident, Cleom. 1.8; αὐ. γνώριμος Muson. Fr. 1p.2H.; αὐ. πρόδηλον S.E. P. 2.164; αὐ. φαίνεσθαι Plu. 2.930a; αὐ. ἐναργής Plot. 5.5.1. 3. hastily, Plb. 5.35.13, al., D.S. 1.37. III. merely, only, dub. in Pl. Sph. 220b, cf. Plu. 2.631d, Luc. Merc.Cond. 4.
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