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ὁπόθεν

hopothen

whence, from what place

Appears 24 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὁπόθεν, Ep. ὁππόθεν, Ion. ὁκόθεν (never -θε, for ὁππόθʼ Od. 3.89 is for ὁππόθι):—A. Adv. correl. to πόθεν : 1. chiefly used in indirect questions, opp. ὅποι (q.v.), whence, from what place, εἴρεαι ὁππόθεν εἰμέν Od. 3.80 ; ἐρέσθαι, ὁππόθεν οὗτος ἀνήρ 1.406, cf. Pi. P. 9.43, Hdt. 2.54 ; σήμαινʼ ὅτου τʼ εἶ χὠπόθεν S. Fr. 104. 2. Relat., ἀπαίροντες . . ὁπόθεν τύχοιεν Th. 4.26 ; ὁπόθεν . . ῥᾴδιον ἦν λαβεῖν, οὐκ ἦγον to the place from which, X. An. 5.2.2 ; ὁ αὐτός τι κερδανεῖ Id. Mem. 2.6.4 ; so ὁ. ἂν τύχῃ from whencesoever . . , Pl. Tht. 180c ; γαμεῖν ὁ. ἂν βούληται Id. R. 362b, cf. IG 12.58.12 ; ἡδέως ζῆν . . ἐὰν ἔχῃ τις ὁ. Philetaer. 7.3 ; ὁ. ἔσοιτο μᾶζα Pl.Com. 33 ; ὁ. ἔτυχεν ἄρχεσθαι at haphazard, Arist. Po. 1450b32 : also with other Particles, ὁ. ποτέ Pl. Smp. 173d ; ὁ. δήποτε D.Chr. 31.54 (corr. Emperius for ὁ. δήποθεν) ; ὁποθενοῦν Pl. Grg. 512a, Arist. Cael. 271a24 ; ὁκοθενοῦν Hp. Ulc. 7 ; ὁποθενδηποτοῦν J. AJ 8.4.3.
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