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πόθεν
πόθεν interrog. adv. whence? 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. of origin, πόθεν γένος εὔχεται εἶναι; from what source does he boast that his race is? Od. in speaking, π. ἄρξωμαι; Aesch. of the cause, whence? wherefore? Aesch.; alone, πόθεν; how can it be? impossible! Eur., Ar.

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whence? (i.e., from where?)

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πόθεν interrog. adv. whence? 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. of origin, πόθεν γένος εὔχεται εἶναι; from what source does he boast that his race is? Od. in speaking, π. ἄρξωμαι; Aesch. of the cause, whence? wherefore? Aesch.; alone, πόθεν; how can it be? impossible! Eur., Ar.
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26509
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26541
Key:
po/qen

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