πόθεν,
Ionic dialect κόθεν:
__I interrogative adverb whence?
__I.1 of Place, εἰρώτα.., τίς εἴη καὶ π. ἔλθοι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.423; ποδαπὸς ὁ ξένο; π.; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 657; ποῖ δὴ καὶ π.; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227a: with _genitive_, τίς π. εἰς ἀνδρῶ; 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.150, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.170, +others; κ. τῆς Φρυγίης ἥκω; 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35; π. γῆς ἦλθε; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 258, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 of origin, π. γένος εὔχεται εἶναι from what stock he avows that he is by descent, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.373; τὴν.. τέχνην πῶς καὶ π. ἄν τις δύναιτο πορίσασθα; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 269d; π. ἄλλοθεν..; 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.28: with _genitive_, π. ποτὲ.. θνητῶν ἔφυσα; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 841. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 in speaking, π. ἄρξωμα; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 855 (_anapaest meter_); π. ἂν λάβοιμι ῥῆμ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 521, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 of the cause, whence? wherefore? π. χοὰς ἔπεμψε; ἐκ τίνος λόγο; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 515 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to express surprise or negation, π. γὰρ ἔσται βιοτ; i.e. οὐδαμόθεν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1159 (Lyric poetry); π. υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστι; NT.Mark.12.37; πόθε; ] NT+5th c.BC+]how can it be? impossible! nonsense! [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1620, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1145, “Ra.” 1455; σὺ δ᾽ ὁμέστιος θεοῖ; π.; [prev. author] “fragment” 655; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα· πόθε; πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.47, compare 24.157, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γά; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 781. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]