whence? πόθεν, Ion. κόθεν: I. interrog.Adv. whence? 1. of Place, εἰρώτα . . , τίς εἴη καὶ π. ἔλθοι Od. 15.423 ; ποδαπὸς ὁ ξένος; π.; A. Ch. 657 ; ποῖ δὴ καὶ π.; Pl. Phdr. 227a : c. gen., τίς
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whence? πόθεν, Ion. κόθεν: I. interrog.Adv. whence? 1. of Place, εἰρώτα . . , τίς εἴη καὶ π. ἔλθοι Od. 15.423 ; ποδαπὸς ὁ ξένος; π.; A. Ch. 657 ; ποῖ δὴ καὶ π.; Pl. Phdr. 227a : c. gen., τίς
hence ἐντεῦθεν, Ion. ἐνθεῦτεν,Adv., (related toἔνθεν,asἐνταῦθαtoἔνθα): I. of Place,henceorthence, Od. 19.568 , Hdt. 1.2 , al., A. Pr. 836 , Pers. 488 , Th. 8.42 , etc.; τὸ γένος ἐ. ποθεν ἐκ Χίου P
μᾶ , shorter Aeol. and Dor. form for μάτηρ , in the phrase μᾶ γᾶ, = μῆτερ γῆ , A. Supp. 890 , 899 (both lyr.): as an exclam. used by women (perh. = Demeter), Herod. 1.85 , 4.20 ; μᾶ, πόθεν ὥνθρωπος ;
from some place or other, ἁμόθεν, Ion. ἀμόθεν,Adv.: (ἁμός):— A. from some place or other, τῶν ἀμόθεν γε, θεά, . . εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν Od. 1.10 ; ἁ. γέ ποθεν from some quarter or other, Pl. Grg. 492d
examine closely, interrogate, ἀνακρίνω, A. examine closely, interrogate,esp. judicially,Παυσανίαν Th. 1.95 , cf. Antipho 2.1.9 , Pl. Smp. 201e ; ἀ. τινὰ πόθεν ζῇ Diph. 32.3 ;sounda person, LXX 1 K
inquire closely into, ἀναπυνθάνομαι, A. inquire closely into, τὰς πάτρας αὐτῶν ἀνεπύθετο Hdt. 6.128 ; ἀνεπυνθάνετο τὸν ποιήσαντα Id. 8.90 ; ἀναπυθώμεθα τούσδε τίνες ποτὲ καὶ πόθεν ἔμολον Ar. Av
get a light, light a fire, αὔω(A), A. get a light, light a fire, ἵνα μή ποθεν ἄλλοθεν αὔοι Od. 5.490 : — Med. ,take fire, Arat. 1035 .—Only poet. (Cf.ἐναύω,etc.; fromαὐσιω,cf. ONorseausa'sprinkle
from any quarter, δήποθεν, indef.Adv.(better writtenδή ποθεν) A. from any quarter, Pl. Ep. 331e ; dub. l. in A. Ch. 632 (lyr.); perh. = δήπου , as in Orac. ap. Phleg. Olymp.Fr. 1 , Iamb. Myst. 5.20
search out, make inquiry, ἐκπυνθάνομαι, A. search out, make inquiry, Il. 10.320 ;ἔκ τε πυθέσθαι ἠέ..ib. 308 ; ἵν' ἐκπυθώμεθα πόθεν.. E. Cyc. 94 , etc. 2. c. acc.,hear of, learn, S. Aj. 215 (anap
strong, secure ἐχῠρ-ός,ά,όν , ̔ἔχὠ A. = ὀχυρός ,strong, secure,λιμήν, χωρία, Th. 4.8 , X. Cyr. 2.4.13 ; ἀπὸ ἐχυροῦ ποθέν Th. 1.90 ;ἐν τῷ ἐχυρῷ εἶναιto be insafety, Id. 7.77 ; ἐν -ωτάτῳ ποιεῖσθαί τ
ὁπόθεν , Ep. ὁππόθεν , Ion. ὁκόθεν (never -θε, for ὁππόθ' Od. 3.89 is for ὁππόθι ):— Adv. correl. to πόθεν : chiefly used in indirect questions, opp. ὅποι (q.v.), whence, from what place, εἴρεαι ὁππόθ
fly to προσπέτομαι,fut. -πτήσομαι:aor. -επτάμην [ᾰ], but poet. also withaor. Act. προσέπτην(v. infr.):— A. fly toortowards,πόθεν προσέπτανθ'(-έπτονθ'Dawes)οἱ βομβαύλιοι; Ar. Ach. 865 ; πρός τι Ari
thence, τόθεν, poet.Adv., answering to relat.ὅθενand interrog.πόθεν(fromτο-,Demonstr. stem):— A. thence, Hes. Sc. 32 ;Δρεπάνη τόθεν ἐκλήϊσται thenceit is called D. , A.R. 4.990 . 2. forὅθεν, A. Pe
to be first, ἄρχω, Ep. inf. A. ἀρχέμεναι Il. 20.154 :impf. ἦρχονib. 2.378 , etc.; Dor. ἆρχον Pi. O. 10(11).51 :fut. ἄρξω Od. 4.667 , A. Pr. 940 , Th. 1.144 :aor. ἦρξα, Ep. ἄρξα Od. 14.23
from here ἐντεῦθεν, Ionic dialect ἐνθεῦτεν, adverb, (related to ἔνθεν, as ἐνταῦθα to ἔνθα): __I of Place, hence or thence, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.568, 5th c.BC: Herodotus H
ask, inquire, ἔρομαι(not found inpres.ind. (exc.2 sg. ἔρεαιOrac. in Certamen Prooem. ), its place being taken byἐρέω(A),ἐρωτάω) ; Ion. and Ep. εἴρομαι Il. 1.553 , Od. 1.284 , al.:impf.(=aor.) A. ε
σκέπ-τομαι , Il. 17.652 , Thgn. 1095 , and Ion. , Hdt. 3.37 , al., Hp. Prog. 2 , Herod. 7.92 ; but Att. writers (before Arist. ) hardly ever have the pres. and impf. σκέπτομαι, ἐσκεπτόμην (exc. Pl. La
any one, any thing τις,τι, Indef. Pron. A. any one, any thing, enclitic through all cases (for exceptionsv.infr.):—butτίς; τί; Interrog. Pron.who? what?, oxyt. in the monosyll. cases, parox. in the o
an act, φορά, Ion. φορή,ἡ: (φέρω):— A. as A. an act, I. (from Act. )carrying, φορᾶς . . φθόνησις οὐ γενήσεταιthere shall be no refusalto carry thee, S. Tr. 1212 ;ἐν φορᾷ,i. e. intheir arms, Id. F
from another place ἄλλοθεν,Adv. A. from another place,ἄ. ἄλλοςonefrom one place, anotherfrom another, Il. 2.75 , etc., cf. Alc. 86 , Emp. 23 , Thgn. 518 , A. Ag. 92 , 595 , etc. ;ἄ. εἰλήλουθεhe camef
draw, pull up, ἀνα-σπάω, poet.ἀνσπ-, A. draw, pull up, σπυρίδα Hdt. 5.16 , cf. 4.154 ; βύβλον ἐκ τῶν ἑλέων Id. 2.92 :— Pass. , BGU 1041.8 (iii A.D.). b. drawa shipupon land, Pi. P. 4.27 , Hdt.
from the very spot αὐτόθεν, before a conson. sts.αὐτόθε, Theoc. 5.60 , Supp.Epigr. 2.293 (Delph.,iii/ii B. C.):Adv. I. of Place, = ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τόπου ,from the very spot: freq. with a Prep.,αὐ. ἐξ ἕδ
at this δή, prop. a temporal Particle (cf.ἤδη), A. at thisorthat point: hence,now, then, already,orat length: I. in Ep. (rarely Lyr.) sts. at the beginning of a sentence or clause, Τεῦκρε πέπον, δὴ
διαβαίνω , fut. -βήσομαι : aor. -έβην, Aeol. part. ζάβαις Alc. Supp. 7.3 : intr., stride, walk or stand with legs apart, εὖ διαβάς, of a man planting himself firmly for fighting, Il. 12.458 , Tyrt. 11