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θήν

then

motion from

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Iliad 13 · 1.17/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. -θεν · -then

motion from

motion from a place, as in Λεσβόθεν, Ἀβυδόθεν, ἄλλοθεν, οἴκοθεν, etc.: so with Preps., ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν Od. 9.38; ἐξ οὐρανόθεν Il. 8.19, cf. A.D. Adv. 184.12 sq.: most of the forms in -οθεν were parox., exc. οἴκοθεν, ἄλλοθεν, πάντοθεν (sts. παντόθεν) , ἔκτοθεν, ἔνδοθεν, ib. 191.27 sq. (other exceptions in Hdn.Gr. 1.500).

2. θην · thēn

in truth, I ween, in very truth, surely

in truth, I ween, freq. ironical, λείψετέ θ. νέας Il. 13.620; ὥς θ. καὶ σὸν ἐγὼ λύσω μένος 17.29, cf. 21.568; strengthd., ἦ θ. in very truth, 11.365, 13.813; οὔ θ. surely not, 2.276, Od. 5.211; οὔ θ. δή 3.352; καὶ γάρ θ. Il. 21.568: coupled with γα, Epich. 34, Sophr. 24: freq. in Theoc., 1.97, al.; once in Call., Aet. Oxy. 2079.46 [Fr. 17.5 Pf. (?)].

In the wild

θην · thēn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 928
θην · thēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2344)
θην · thēn Iliad 10.104
θήν · thēn Iliad 11.365
θην · thēn Iliad 13.620
θήν · thēn Iliad 13.813

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. θήν (scan p. 594; entry #2569).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θήν (scan p. 449; entry #3151).

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