ὅθεν
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ὅς (hós, “who”) + -θεν (-then, “from”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hó.tʰen/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)o.tʰen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.θen/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.θen/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.θen/
Adverb
[edit]ὅθεν • (hóthen)
- (relative) whence, from where, from which
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.852:
- Παφλαγόνων δ’ ἡγεῖτο Πυλαιμένεος λάσιον κῆρ ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων
- Paphlagónōn d’ hēgeîto Pulaiméneos lásion kêr ex Enetôn, hóthen hēmiónōn génos agroteráōn
- And the Paphlagonians did Pylaemenes of the shaggy heart lead from the land of the Eneti, whence is the race of wild she-mules.
- Παφλαγόνων δ’ ἡγεῖτο Πυλαιμένεος λάσιον κῆρ ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων
- (relative) wherefore, for which reason
- 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 27:
- [...] σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον: ὅθεν νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν
- [...] sphurôn sidērâ kéntra diapeíras méson: hóthen nin Hellàs ōnómazen Oidípoun
- [...] after piercing his ankles with iron spikes, for which reason Hellas named him Oedipus.
- [...] σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον: ὅθεν νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν
Derived terms
[edit]- ὁθενδή (hothendḗ)
- ὁθενδήποτε (hothendḗpote)
- ὁθενοῦν (hothenoûn)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ὅθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press