Πόθεν
how come?
Translated by David Whitehead8 Aug 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[A term] of denial/negation.1 Equivalent to 'by no means'.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πόθεν· ἀρνητικόν. ἴσον τῷ οὐδαμῶς.
Betacode
*po/qen: a)rnhtiko/n. i)/son tw=| ou)damw=s.
Notes (1)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 1455, where the headword is used in this sense (web address 1).
See generally LSJ s.v.po/qen , I.2.4; and pi 1857. - 1For this item of terminology see already at alpha 3444 and nu 349. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead