Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔνθ’ ‎(énth’) apocopic

Adverb

ἔνθᾰ • ‎(éntha)

1. (demonstrative) there, thither (location or movement)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.231

     ἔνθ’ Ὕπνῳ ξύμβλητο κασιγνήτῳ Θανάτοιο

     There she met Sleep, the brother of Death.

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.23

     ἔνθ’ ἐλθὼν ὑπ’ ὄχεσφι τιτύσκετο χαλκόποδ’ ἵππω

     Thither came he, and let harness beneath his car his two bronze hooved horses

2. (demonstrative) thereupon, then
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.1

     ἔνθ’ αὖ Τυδεΐδῃ Διομήδεϊ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη δῶκε μένος καὶ θάρσος

     And then to Tydeus' son, Diomedes, Pallas Athene gave might and courage.

3. (relative) where, whither (location or movement)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.610

     Ζεὺς δὲ πρὸς ὃν λέχος ἤϊ’ [...], ἔνθα πάρος κοιμᾶθ’ ὅτε μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι:

     And Zeus [...] went to his couch, where of old he took his rest, whenever sweet sleep came upon him.

4. (relative) when
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.4.15

     μάλα ἔστιν ἔνθα ἰσχυρῶς ὠφελοῦσι σφενδονῆται παρόντες

     there are occasions when the presents of slingers is of very effective assistance

Synonyms

• (there): ἐκεῖ ‎(ekeî), ἐνταῦθᾰ ‎(entaûtha), τόθῐ ‎(tóthi), ἐκεῖσε ‎(ekeîse), αὐτοῦ ‎(autoû)
• (then): τότε ‎(tóte), ᾰ̓́ρᾰ ‎(ára), ἔπειτᾰ ‎(épeita)
• (where): ὅθῐ ‎(hóthi), ὅποι ‎(hópoi), οἷ ‎(hoî), ᾗ ‎(hêi), ῐ̔́νᾰ ‎(hína)
• (when): ὅτε ‎(hóte), εὖτε ‎(eûte), ὁπότε ‎(hopóte), ἐπεί ‎(epeí)

Derived terms

• ἔνθᾰ καὶ ἔνθᾰ ‎(éntha kaì éntha)
• ἐνθᾰ́δε ‎(entháde, “here, there, now”)
• ἔνθᾰπερ ‎(énthaper)

Related terms

• ἔνθεν ‎(énthen)

See also

• πόθῐ ‎(póthi)
• ποῖ ‎(poî)
• πότε ‎(póte)
• ποῦ ‎(poû)

References

• ἔνθα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔνθα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔνθα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἔνθα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἔνθα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἔνθα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• ἔνθα in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • where idem, page 975.
  • whither idem, page 977.