ὅθεν,
relative adverb whence, ὑπὸ πλατανίστῳ, ὅ. ῥέεν ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅ. ἡμιόνων γένος[
Refs]; also,
from whom or
which, ὅθεν περ Ὁμηρίδαι ἄρχονται, Διὸς ἐκ προοιμίου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅθεν δή [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
b) in
Attic dialect Prose, ὅθεν δή
from whatever source, in what manner soever, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἄλλοθεν ὁθενοῦν
from any other
place whatsoever, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) for
where or
whither, by attraction, when the antecedent clause contains a notion of place whence, ἐκ δὲ γῆς, ὅ. προὔκειτ᾽
from the ground
where it lay, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅ. ἀπέλιπες, ἀποκρίνου answer [
from the point]
where you left off, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅθεν, ={ἐκεῖσε ὅθεν}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅθεν περ, ={ἐκεῖθεν ὅθεν περ}, [
Refs]
II)
whence, for which reason, σφυρῶν. κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον, ὅ. νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
for what reason, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]