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ὁπόθεν

opothen

whence, from what place

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What it meant

ὁπόθεν · hopothen — LSJ

Adv. correl. to πόθεν :

1 whence, from what place

chiefly used in indirect questions, opp. ὅποι (q.v.), whence, from what place, εἴρεαι ὁππόθεν εἰμέν Od. 3.80 ; ἐρέσθαι, ὁππόθεν οὗτος ἀνήρ 1.406, cf. Pi. P. 9.43, Hdt. 2.54 ; σήμαινʼ ὅτου τʼ εἶ χὠπόθεν S. Fr. 104.

2 to the place from which, from whencesoever

Relat., ἀπαίροντες . . ὁπόθεν τύχοιεν Th. 4.26 ; ὁπόθεν . . ῥᾴδιον ἦν λαβεῖν, οὐκ ἦγον to the place from which, X. An. 5.2.2 ; ὁ αὐτός τι κερδανεῖ Id. Mem. 2.6.4 ; so ὁ. ἂν τύχῃ from whencesoever . . , Pl. Tht. 180c ; γαμεῖν ὁ. ἂν βούληται Id. R. 362b, cf. IG 1(2).58.12 ; ἡδέως ζῆν . . ἐὰν ἔχῃ τις ὁ. Philetaer. 7.3 ; ὁ. ἔσοιτο μᾶζα Pl.Com. 33 ; ὁ. ἔτυχεν ἄρχεσθαι at haphazard, Arist. Po. 1450b32 : also with other Particles, ὁ. ποτέ Pl. Smp. 173d ; ὁ. δήποτε D.Chr. 31.54 (corr. Emperius for ὁ. δή

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