I. interrog. Adv. whence?
1. of Place, “εἰρώτα . . , τίς εἴη καὶ π. ἔλθοι” Od.15.423; “ποδαπὸς ὁ ξένος; π.;” A.Ch.657; “ποῖ δὴ καὶ π.;” Pl.Phdr.227a: c. gen., “τίς π. εἰς ἀνδρῶν;” Il.21.150, Od.1.170, al.; “κ. τῆς Φρυγίης ἥκων;” Hdt.1.35; “π. γῆς ἦλθες;” E.Ion258, etc.
2. of origin, π. γένος εὔχεται εἶναι from what stock he avows that he is by descent, Od.17.373; “τὴν . . τέχνην πῶς καὶ π. ἄν τις δύναιτο πορίσασθαι;” Pl.Phdr.269d; “π. ἄλλοθεν . .;” D.3.28: c. gen., “π. ποτὲ . . θνητῶν ἔφυσαν;” E.Supp.841.
4. of the cause, whence? wherefore? “π. χοὰς ἔπεμψεν; ἐκ τίνος λόγου;” A.Ch.515; to express surprise or negation, π. γὰρ ἔσται βιοτά; i.e. οὐδαμόθεν, S.Ph.1159 (lyr.); “π. υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστιν;” Ev.Marc. 12.37; “πόθεν;” how can it be? impossible! nonsense! E.Ph.1620, Ar.V. 1145, Ra.1455; “σὺ δ᾽ ὁμέστιος θεοῖς; π.;” Id.Fr.655; “ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα: πόθεν; πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ” D.18.47, cf. 24.157, etc.; “π. γάρ;” E. Alc.781.
5. with Verbs of finding, taking, purchasing, etc., “π. ἂν πριαίμην ῥῖνα;” Ar.Pax21; “π. ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβοι;” X.Smp. 2.4; “π. πρᾷον . . ἦθος εὑρήσομεν;” Pl.R.375c, cf. Euthd.273e, al.; so “κάθησθε κλάοντες περὶ τῆς αὔριον π. φάγητε” Arr.Epict.1.9.19.
II. ποθέν , enclit. Adv. from some place or other, “εἴ π.” Il.9.380; “εἰ καί π. ἄλλοθεν ἔλθοι” Od.7.52, cf. 5.490; “φανεὶς . . π.” A.Pers.354; “ἦλθέ π. σωτήρ” Id.Ch.1073 (anap.); “ἐκ δρυός π. ἢ ἐκ πέτρας” Pl.R.544d; ἐκ βιβλίου π. ἀκούσας from some book or other, Id.Phdr.268c, cf. 244d; after ἐνθένδε, ἐντεῦθεν, ib.229b, 270a, etc.
