Ancient Greek

Adverb

ὅθεν • ‎(hóthen)

1. (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

     And the Paphlagonians did Pylaemenes of the shaggy heart lead from the land of the Eneti, whence is the race of wild she-mules.

2. (relative) wherefore, for which reason
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 27

     [...] σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον: ὅθεν νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν

     [...] after piercing his ankles with iron spikes, for which reason Hellas named him Oedipus.

Derived terms

1. • ὁθενδή ‎(hothendḗ)
   • ὁθενδήποτε ‎(hothendḗpote)
   • ὁθενοῦν ‎(hothenoûn)

Related terms

1. • πόθεν ‎(póthen)
   • τόθεν ‎(tóthen)
   • ὅθι ‎(hóthi)
   • ὅτε ‎(hóte)

References

• ὅθεν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press