ἐκεῖθεν

See also: εκείθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κεῖθεν (keîthen) — poetic
κηνόθεν (kēnóthen) — Aeolic
τηνῶθεν (tēnôthen) — Doric

Etymology

From ἐκεῖ (ekeî, “yonder”) +‎ -θεν (-then, “from”). This is the expected distal source demonstrative reflex.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kêː.tʰen/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈki.tʰen/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈci.θen/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈci.θen/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈci.θen/

Adverb

ἐκεῖθεν • (ekeîthen)

from that place, thence
- 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 490
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 632
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 619B
- 331 CE – 363 CE, Julian, Orations 6.181B
1. there
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.62
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 505
  - 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 1411
2. to that place, thither
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1227
thence, from that place
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panathenaicus 224
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Stephanus 1 48
(of time) thereafter, next
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.234
- 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 54.25

Antonyms

ἐντεῦθεν (enteûthen, “hence”)

Descendants

Greek: εκείθεν (ekeíthen)

type	interrogative	indefinite	demonstrative			relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial)	proximal	distal	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις, ἔνιοι	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method, path, place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθι	ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθεν, ἁμόθεν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν	ἐνθένδε	ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα		†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
duration of time			τέως			ἕως
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τοσάκις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

ἐκεῖθεν

Contents

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Antonyms

Descendants

See also

Further reading