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ὅθεν

hothen

whence

Appears 133 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὅθεν, relat. Adv. A. whence, ὑπὸ πλατανίστῳ, ὅ. ῥέεν ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ Il. 2.307 ; ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅ. ἡμιόνων γένος ib.852 ; γένος δέ μοι ἔνθεν, ὅ. σοί 4.58, etc. ; πόλεως ὅθεν εἶ IG 12(5).310.2 (Paros); also, from whom or which, ὅθεν περ Ὁμηρίδαι ἄρχονται, Διὸς ἐκ προοιμίου Pi. N. 2.1 ; τὴν τεκοῦσαν . . , ὅθεν περ αὐτὸς ἐσπάρη S. OT 1498 ; Φοῖνιξ, ὅθεν περ τοὔνομʼ ἡ χώρα φέρει E. Fr. 819.8 : folld. by Particles, ὅθεν περ (v. supr.) ; ὅθεν δή A. Supp. 15 (anap.); ὅθεν τε Od. 4.358. b. in Att. Prose, ὅθεν δή from whatever source, in what manner soever, Pl. Phdr. 267d ; so ὁθενδήποτε Dosith.p.410 K.; also ἄλλοθεν ὁθενοῦν from any other place whatsoever, Pl. Lg. 738c. 2. for where or whither, by attraction, when the antecedent clause contains a notion of place whence, ἐκ δὲ γῆς, ὅ. προὔκειτʼ from the ground where it lay, S. Tr. 701 ; ὅ. . . ἀπέλιπες, ἀποκρίνου answer [from the point] where you left off, Pl. Grg. 497c ; διεκομίζοντο . . ὅ. ὑπεξέθεντο παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας Th. 1.89 ; ὅθεν, = ἐκεῖσε ὅθεν, X. An. 1.3.17, 7.6.12, etc. ; ὅθεν περ, = ἐκεῖθεν ὅθεν περ, IG 12.78.9,88.23. II. whence, for which reason, σφυρῶν . . κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον, ὅ. νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν E. Ph. 27, cf. Antipho Soph. 54, Arist. Ath. 3.2, IG 22.1011.42, al. ; ὅ. . . ἱδρύσαθʼ ἱερόν Alex. 267.4 ; for what reason, Pl. Prt. 319b; ὅ. ἠνάγκασμαι κατηγορεῖν αὐτῶν, περὶ τούτων πρῶτον εἰπεῖν βούλομαι Lys. 22.1.
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