Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ποθέν ‎(pothén) used after paroxytones
• κοθεν ‎(kothen) Ionic
• κοθέν ‎(kothén) Ionic, used after paroxytones

Adverb

ποθεν • ‎(pothen) (enclitic)

1. from somewhere
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 354

     ἦρξεν μέν, ὦ δέσποινα, τοῦ παντὸς κακοῦ φανεὶς ἀλάστωρ ἢ κακὸς δαίμων ποθέν

     My Queen, some destructive power or evil spirit, appearing from somewhere, caused the beginning of our utter rout.

Related terms

• ποθι ‎(pothi)
• ποτε ‎(pote)
• ὅθεν ‎(hóthen)
• πόθεν ‎(póthen)
• τόθεν ‎(tóthen)

Synonyms

• ἁμόθεν ‎(hamóthen)

References

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