θύραθεν
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
English (LSJ)
Adv.
A from outside the door: and generally, from without, αἱ θ. εἴσοδοι E.Andr.952; θ. εἰκάσαι Id.HF 713; θ. ἐπεισιέναι Arist.GA736b28. 2 outside the door, outside, ἡ θ. ἡδονή E.Fr.1063.4; ὁ ἀὴρ ὁ θ. Arist.Resp.480a30, cf. PA642b1, οἱ θ. foreigners, the enemy, A.Th.68, 193. 3 metaph., opp. ἔνδοθεν (q.v.), S.Tr.1021(hex.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1226] vonaußenher; αἱ θ. εἴσοδοι Eur. Andr. 952; ὡς θύρ. εἰκάσαι Herc. Fur. 713; außen, οἱ θύραθεν, die Feinde, Aesch. Spt. 68. 175.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θύρᾱθεν: Ἐπικ. θύρηθε, Ἐπίρρ., ἔξωθεν τῆς θύρας, ἔξωθεν, αἱ θ. εἴσοδοι Εὐρ. Ἀνδρ. 952· θ. εἰκάσαι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἡρ. Μαιν. 713· θ. ἐπεισιέναι Ἀριστ. π. Γεν. Ζ. 2. 3, 9, κ. ἀλλ. 2) ἔξωθεν τῆς θύρας, ἔξω, θύρηθ’ ἔα, ἤμην ἔξω (δηλ. τῆς θαλάσσης). Ὀδ. Ξ. 352· ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ ἔνδοθεν (ὃ ἴδε), οὔτ’ ἔνδοθεν, οὔτε θύραθεν Σοφ. Τρ. 1021· τὸν ἀέρα τὸν θύραθεν Ἀριστ. π. Ἀναπν. 21, πρβλ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 1. 1, 46· - οἱ θ., οἱ ξένοι, οἱ πολέμιοι, Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 68, 193· παρ’ Ἐκκλ., οἱ ἐθνικοί· - τὰ θ., τὰ ἐξωτερικὰ ἀγαθά, Συνέσ. Ἐπ. 45.
