ποθεν
Ancient GreekEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ποθέν (pothén) – used after paroxytones
- κοθεν (kothen) – Ionic
- κοθέν (kothén) – Ionic, used after paroxytones
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) + -θεν (-then, locative suffix).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.tʰi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.tʰi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.θi/
AdverbEdit
- from somewhere
- 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 354:
- ἦρξεν μέν, ὦ δέσποινα, τοῦ παντὸς κακοῦ φανεὶς ἀλάστωρ ἢ κακὸς δαίμων ποθέν
- êrxen mén, ô déspoina, toû pantòs kakoû phaneìs alástōr ḕ kakòs daímōn pothén
- My Queen, some destructive power or evil spirit, appearing from somewhere, caused the beginning of our utter rout.
- ἦρξεν μέν, ὦ δέσποινα, τοῦ παντὸς κακοῦ φανεὶς ἀλάστωρ ἢ κακὸς δαίμων ποθέν
SynonymsEdit
- ἁμόθεν (hamóthen)
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ποθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press