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πατρόθεν , Adv., (πατήρ)
A.from or after a father, π. ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων naming him and giving his father's name, Il.10.68, cf. Hdt.3.1, Th.7.69, Pl.Ly.204e; τὸ μὲν π. ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται on the father's side, Pi.O.7.23; εἴπερ . . ἔστ᾽ ἐμὸς τὰ π. S.Aj.547, cf. OC215 (lyr.); ἐν στήλῃ π. ἀναγραφῆναι to have one's name inscribed on a tablet with the addition of one's father's name, Hdt.6.14, cf. 8.90; γράψαι τοὔνομα π. καὶ φυλῆς καὶ δήμου to write one's name adding that of one's father, tribe, and township, Pl.Lg.753c, cf. OGI222.44 (Clazomenae, iii B. C.), Milet.3 No.152.93 (ii B. C.), etc.; “π. καὶ πατρίδοςPRev.Laws7.3 (iii B. C.).
2. coming from, sent by one's father, ἀνάγκα π., imposed by Zeus, Pi.O.3.28; “π. ἀλάστωρA.Ag.1507 (lyr.) ; π. εὐκταία φάτις a father's curse, Id.Th. 841 (lyr.).
3. from the time of one's fathers, “π. φίλοι τοῦ δήμουIG 22.237.8.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 841
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.1
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.14
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.90
    • Plato, Laws, 753c
    • Plato, Lysis, 204e
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 547
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 215
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.69
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.68
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1507
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