I.interrog. adv. whence?
1.of place, ἠρώτα, τίς εἴη καὶ π. ἔλθοι Od.; ποῖ δὴ καὶ πόθεν; Plat.;—c. gen., τίς πόθεν εἶς ἀνδρῶν; who and from what country art thou? Il.; πόθεν γῆς; Eur.
4.of the cause, whence? wherefore? id=Aesch.; alone, πόθεν; how can it be? impossible! Eur., Ar.