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ὅθεν
ὅθεν
Ancient Greek
Adverb
ὅθεν • (hóthen)
- (relative) whence, from where, from which
- (relative) wherefore, for which reason
- 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 27
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[...] σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον: ὅθεν νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν
- [...] after piercing his ankles with iron spikes, for which reason Hellas named him Oedipus.
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[...] σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον: ὅθεν νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν
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Derived terms
- ὁθενδή (hothendḗ)
- ὁθενδήποτε (hothendḗpote)
- ὁθενοῦν (hothenoûn)
Related terms
References
- ὅθεν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press