"ποθεν" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Adverb

IPA: /po.tʰi/, /po.θi/, /po.θi/, /po.tʰi/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /po.tʰi/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /po.θi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /po.θi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /po.θi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: pothen [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) + -θεν (-then, locative suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|*kʷos|-θεν|lang1=ine-pro|pos2=locative suffix|t1=who}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) + -θεν (-then, locative suffix) Head templates: {{grc-adverb|type=indefinite}} ποθεν • (pothen)
  1. from somewhere Tags: enclitic Synonyms: ἁμόθεν (hamóthen), ποθέν (pothén) (english: used after paroxytones), κοθεν (kothen) [Ionic], κοθέν (kothén) [Ionic], used after paroxytones
    Sense id: en-ποθεν-grc-adv-Vh8nvd6- Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Related terms: τίς, τις, ἔνιοι, †ὁ, οὗτος, ὅδε, ἐκεῖνος, ὅς, ὅστις, ὁ αὐτός (alt: αὑτός), ὁμός, ἕτερος, ἄλλος, πότερος, ποτερός, ὁπότερος, ποῖος, ποιός, †τοῖος, τοιοῦτος, τοιόσδε, οἷος, ὁποῖος, ὅμοιος, ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος, πόσος, ποσός, †τόσος, τοσοῦτος, τοσόσδε, ὅσος, ὁπόσος, πῶς, πως, †τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως, ὧδε, ὡς, ὅπως, ὁμῶς, ἑτέρως, ἄλλως, πῇ, πῃ, τῇ, ταύτῃ, τῇδε, ἐκείνῃ, , ὅπῃ, ἄλλῃ, ποῦ, †πόθι, που, †ποθι, ἐνταῦθα, ἐνθάδε, ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι, οὗ, †ὅθι, ὅπου, †ὁπόθι, αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ, ἄλλοθι, πόθεν, †τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν, ἐνθένδε, ἐκεῖθεν, ὅθεν, ὁπόθεν, †ὁμόθεν, ἄλλοθεν, ποῖ, †πόσε, ποι, δεῦρο, ἐκεῖσε, οἷ, ὅποι, †ὁπόσε, αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε, ἄλλοσε, πότε, πῆμος, ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε, τότε, τῆμος, τημόσδε, ὅτε, ἦμος, ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος, ἅμα, ἄλλοτε, πηνίκα, †τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα, τηνικάδε, ἡνίκα, ὁπηνίκα, αὐτίκα, τέως, ἕως, πηλίκος, †τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος, τηλικόσδε, ἡλίκος, ὁπηλίκος, ὁμῆλιξ, ποσάκις, ποσίνδα, τουτάκις, τοσάκις, †ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις, ὁποσάκις, ποσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων, πόστος, ποστός, ὁπόστος, † Forms rarely, never used in Classical Attic proseRelative also used in exclamations, either relative, indefinite relative used in indirect questions

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "*kʷos",
        "3": "-θεν",
        "lang1": "ine-pro",
        "pos2": "locative suffix",
        "t1": "who"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) + -θεν (-then, locative suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) + -θεν (-then, locative suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pothen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "indefinite"
      },
      "expansion": "ποθεν • (pothen)",
      "name": "grc-adverb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My Queen, some destructive power or evil spirit, appearing from somewhere, caused the beginning of our utter rout.",
          "ref": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 354",
          "roman": "êrxen mén, ô déspoina, toû pantòs kakoû phaneìs alástōr ḕ kakòs daímōn pothén",
          "text": "ἦρξεν μέν, ὦ δέσποινα, τοῦ παντὸς κακοῦ φανεὶς ἀλάστωρ ἢ κακὸς δαίμων ποθέν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from somewhere"
      ],
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          "word": "τίς"
        },
        {
          "word": "τις"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἔνιοι"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὁ"
        },
        {
          "word": "οὗτος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐκεῖνος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅς"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅστις"
        },
        {
          "alt": "αὑτός",
          "word": "ὁ αὐτός"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁμός"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἕτερος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἄλλος"
        },
        {
          "word": "πότερος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποτερός"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁπότερος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποῖος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποιός"
        },
        {
          "word": "†τοῖος"
        },
        {
          "word": "τοιοῦτος"
        },
        {
          "word": "τοιόσδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "οἷος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁποῖος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅμοιος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἑτεροῖος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἀλλοῖος"
        },
        {
          "word": "πόσος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποσός"
        },
        {
          "word": "†τόσος"
        },
        {
          "word": "τοσοῦτος"
        },
        {
          "word": "τοσόσδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅσος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁπόσος"
        },
        {
          "word": "πῶς"
        },
        {
          "word": "πως"
        },
        {
          "word": "†τώς"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὥς"
        },
        {
          "word": "οὕτως"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὧδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὡς"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅπως"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁμῶς"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἑτέρως"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἄλλως"
        },
        {
          "word": "πῇ"
        },
        {
          "word": "πῃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "τῇ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ταύτῃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "τῇδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐκείνῃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ᾗ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅπῃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἄλλῃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποῦ"
        },
        {
          "word": "†πόθι"
        },
        {
          "word": "που"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ποθι"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐνταῦθα"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐνθάδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐκεῖ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἔνθα"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ἐκεῖθι"
        },
        {
          "word": "οὗ"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὅθι"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅπου"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὁπόθι"
        },
        {
          "word": "αὐτόθι"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁμοῦ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἄλλοθι"
        },
        {
          "word": "πόθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "†τόθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἔνθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐντεῦθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐνθένδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐκεῖθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁπόθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὁμόθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἄλλοθεν"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποῖ"
        },
        {
          "word": "†πόσε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποι"
        },
        {
          "word": "δεῦρο"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐκεῖσε"
        },
        {
          "word": "οἷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅποι"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὁπόσε"
        },
        {
          "word": "αὐτόσε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁμόσε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἄλλοσε"
        },
        {
          "word": "πότε"
        },
        {
          "word": "πῆμος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποτέ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποτε"
        },
        {
          "word": "τοτέ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἐνίοτε"
        },
        {
          "word": "τότε"
        },
        {
          "word": "τῆμος"
        },
        {
          "word": "τημόσδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὅτε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἦμος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁπότε"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὁππῆμος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἅμα"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἄλλοτε"
        },
        {
          "word": "πηνίκα"
        },
        {
          "word": "†τηνίκα"
        },
        {
          "word": "τηνικαῦτα"
        },
        {
          "word": "τηνικάδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἡνίκα"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁπηνίκα"
        },
        {
          "word": "αὐτίκα"
        },
        {
          "word": "τέως"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἕως"
        },
        {
          "word": "πηλίκος"
        },
        {
          "word": "†τηλίκος"
        },
        {
          "word": "τηλικοῦτος"
        },
        {
          "word": "τηλικόσδε"
        },
        {
          "word": "ἡλίκος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁπηλίκος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁμῆλιξ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποσάκις"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποσίνδα"
        },
        {
          "word": "τουτάκις"
        },
        {
          "word": "τοσάκις"
        },
        {
          "word": "†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁποσάκις"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποσαπλάσιος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁσαπλάσιος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁσαπλασίων"
        },
        {
          "word": "πόστος"
        },
        {
          "word": "ποστός"
        },
        {
          "word": "ὁπόστος"
        },
        {
          "word": "† Forms rarely"
        },
        {
          "word": "never used in Classical Attic proseRelative also used in exclamations"
        },
        {
          "word": "either relative"
        },
        {
          "word": "indefinite relative used in indirect questions"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "hamóthen",
          "word": "ἁμόθεν"
        },
        {
          "english": "used after paroxytones",
          "roman": "pothén",
          "word": "ποθέν"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kothen",
          "tags": [
            "Ionic"
          ],
          "word": "κοθεν"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kothén",
          "tags": [
            "Ionic"
          ],
          "word": "κοθέν"
        },
        {
          "word": "used after paroxytones"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "enclitic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/po.tʰi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.tʰi/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.tʰi/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ποθεν"
}
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        "1": "grc",
        "2": "*kʷos",
        "3": "-θεν",
        "lang1": "ine-pro",
        "pos2": "locative suffix",
        "t1": "who"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”) + -θεν (-then, locative suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pothen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "type": "indefinite"
      },
      "expansion": "ποθεν • (pothen)",
      "name": "grc-adverb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
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      "word": "τίς"
    },
    {
      "word": "τις"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἔνιοι"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὁ"
    },
    {
      "word": "οὗτος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐκεῖνος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅς"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅστις"
    },
    {
      "alt": "αὑτός",
      "word": "ὁ αὐτός"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁμός"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἕτερος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἄλλος"
    },
    {
      "word": "πότερος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποτερός"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁπότερος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποῖος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποιός"
    },
    {
      "word": "†τοῖος"
    },
    {
      "word": "τοιοῦτος"
    },
    {
      "word": "τοιόσδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "οἷος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁποῖος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅμοιος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἑτεροῖος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἀλλοῖος"
    },
    {
      "word": "πόσος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποσός"
    },
    {
      "word": "†τόσος"
    },
    {
      "word": "τοσοῦτος"
    },
    {
      "word": "τοσόσδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅσος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁπόσος"
    },
    {
      "word": "πῶς"
    },
    {
      "word": "πως"
    },
    {
      "word": "†τώς"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὥς"
    },
    {
      "word": "οὕτως"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὧδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὡς"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅπως"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁμῶς"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἑτέρως"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἄλλως"
    },
    {
      "word": "πῇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "πῃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "τῇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ταύτῃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "τῇδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐκείνῃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ᾗ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅπῃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἄλλῃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποῦ"
    },
    {
      "word": "†πόθι"
    },
    {
      "word": "που"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ποθι"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐνταῦθα"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐνθάδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐκεῖ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἔνθα"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ἐκεῖθι"
    },
    {
      "word": "οὗ"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὅθι"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅπου"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὁπόθι"
    },
    {
      "word": "αὐτόθι"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁμοῦ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἄλλοθι"
    },
    {
      "word": "πόθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "†τόθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἔνθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐντεῦθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐνθένδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐκεῖθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁπόθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὁμόθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἄλλοθεν"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποῖ"
    },
    {
      "word": "†πόσε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποι"
    },
    {
      "word": "δεῦρο"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐκεῖσε"
    },
    {
      "word": "οἷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅποι"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὁπόσε"
    },
    {
      "word": "αὐτόσε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁμόσε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἄλλοσε"
    },
    {
      "word": "πότε"
    },
    {
      "word": "πῆμος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποτέ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποτε"
    },
    {
      "word": "τοτέ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἐνίοτε"
    },
    {
      "word": "τότε"
    },
    {
      "word": "τῆμος"
    },
    {
      "word": "τημόσδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὅτε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἦμος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁπότε"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὁππῆμος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἅμα"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἄλλοτε"
    },
    {
      "word": "πηνίκα"
    },
    {
      "word": "†τηνίκα"
    },
    {
      "word": "τηνικαῦτα"
    },
    {
      "word": "τηνικάδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἡνίκα"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁπηνίκα"
    },
    {
      "word": "αὐτίκα"
    },
    {
      "word": "τέως"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἕως"
    },
    {
      "word": "πηλίκος"
    },
    {
      "word": "†τηλίκος"
    },
    {
      "word": "τηλικοῦτος"
    },
    {
      "word": "τηλικόσδε"
    },
    {
      "word": "ἡλίκος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁπηλίκος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁμῆλιξ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποσάκις"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποσίνδα"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουτάκις"
    },
    {
      "word": "τοσάκις"
    },
    {
      "word": "†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁποσάκις"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποσαπλάσιος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁσαπλάσιος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁσαπλασίων"
    },
    {
      "word": "πόστος"
    },
    {
      "word": "ποστός"
    },
    {
      "word": "ὁπόστος"
    },
    {
      "word": "† Forms rarely"
    },
    {
      "word": "never used in Classical Attic proseRelative also used in exclamations"
    },
    {
      "word": "either relative"
    },
    {
      "word": "indefinite relative used in indirect questions"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek adverbs",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek indefinite adverbs",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ancient Greek unaccented terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My Queen, some destructive power or evil spirit, appearing from somewhere, caused the beginning of our utter rout.",
          "ref": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 354",
          "roman": "êrxen mén, ô déspoina, toû pantòs kakoû phaneìs alástōr ḕ kakòs daímōn pothén",
          "text": "ἦρξεν μέν, ὦ δέσποινα, τοῦ παντὸς κακοῦ φανεὶς ἀλάστωρ ἢ κακὸς δαίμων ποθέν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from somewhere"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "enclitic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/po.tʰi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.tʰi/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.tʰi/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hamóthen",
      "word": "ἁμόθεν"
    },
    {
      "english": "used after paroxytones",
      "roman": "pothén",
      "word": "ποθέν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kothen",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "κοθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kothén",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "κοθέν"
    },
    {
      "word": "used after paroxytones"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ποθεν"
}

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