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πατρόθεν

patrothen

from, after a father, and giving his fatherʼs name

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Where it lives

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What it meant

πατρόθεν · patrothen — LSJ

from, after a father, and giving his fatherʼs name, on the fatherʼs side, with the addition of oneʼs fatherʼs name, of oneʼs father

from or after a father, π. ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων naming him and giving his fatherʼs name, Il. 10.68, cf. Hdt. 3.1, Th. 7.69, Pl. Ly. 204e; τὸ μὲν π. ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται on the fatherʼs side, Pi. O. 7.23; εἴπερ . . ἔστʼ ἐμὸς τὰ π. S. Aj. 547, cf. OC 215 (lyr.); ἐν στήλῃ π. ἀναγραφῆναι to have oneʼs name inscribed on a tablet with the addition of oneʼs fatherʼs name, Hdt. 6.14, cf. 8.90; γράψαι τοὔνομα π. καὶ φυλῆς καὶ δήμου to write oneʼs name adding that of oneʼs father, tribe, and township, Pl. Lg. 7

2 coming from, sent by oneʼs father, fatherʼs

coming from, sent by oneʼs father, ἀνάγκα π., imposed by Zeus, Pi. O. 3.28; π. ἀλάστωρ A. Ag. 1507 (lyr.) ; π. εὐκταία φάτις a fatherʼs curse, Id. Th. 841 (lyr.).

3 from the time of oneʼs fathers

from the time of oneʼs fathers, π. φίλοι τοῦ δήμου IG 2(2).237.8.

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