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ὅθεν , relat. Adv.
b. in Att. Prose, ὅθενδήfrom whatever source, in what manner soever, Pl.Phdr.267d ; so ὁθενδήποτε Dosith.p.410 K.; also ἄλλοθεν ὁθενοῦν from any other place whatsoever, Pl.Lg.738c.
2. for where or whither, by attraction, when the antecedent clause contains a notion of place whence, ἐκ δὲ γῆς, . προὔκειτ᾽ from the ground where it lay, S.Tr.701 ; . . . ἀπέλιπες, ἀποκρίνου answer [from the point] where you left off, Pl. Grg.497c ; “διεκομίζοντο . . . ὑπεξέθεντο παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκαςTh.1.89 ; ὅθεν, = ἐκεῖσε ὅθεν, X.An.1.3.17, 7.6.12, etc. ; ὅθεν περ, = ἐκεῖθεν ὅθεν περ, IG12.78.9,88.23.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens, 15
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 3.2
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 27
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.307
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.58
    • Homer, Odyssey, 4.358
    • Lysias, Against the Corn Dealers, 1
    • Plato, Laws, 738c
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 267d
    • Plato, Gorgias, 497c
    • Plato, Protagoras, 319b
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1498
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.89
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.3.17
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.6.12
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 701
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