πατρόθεν
Ἔργων πονηρῶν χεῖρ' ἐλευθέραν ἔχε → Mali facinoris liberam serva manum → Von schlechten Taten halte deine Hände frei
English (LSJ)
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 πατρίδος PRev.Laws7.3 (iii B. C.). 2 coming from, sent by one's father, ἀνάγκα π., imposed by Zeus, Pi.O.3.28; π. ἀλάστωρ A.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 δήμου IG 22.237.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 536] vom Vater her, von Seiten des Vaters; πατρόθεν ὀνομάζειν τινά, Einen nach dem Vater, mit Hinzufügung von des Vaters Namen nennen, Il. 10, 68; Tragg., wie Aesch. Ag. 1508 Soph. O. C. 215; Thuc. 4, 69 Plat. Lys. 204 e u. A.; ἀναγραφῆναι πατρόθεν ἐν στήλῃ, mit Hinzufügung des Namens des Vaters auf einer Säule eingeschrieben werden, Her. 6, 14; δοκεῖς μοι Σωκράτη πατρόθεν γιγνώσκειν μόνον, Plat. Lach. 187 d; Plut. u. a. Sp.