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|Definition=old termin. of the gen., as in <b class="b3">ἐμέθεν, Διόθεν</b>, etc.: freq. with Ablatival sense, denoting <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[motion from]] a place, as in <b class="b3">Λεσβόθεν, Ἀβυδόθεν, ἄλλοθεν, οἴκοθεν</b>, etc.: so with Preps., ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν <span class="bibl">Od.9.38</span>; ἐξ οὐρανόθεν <span class="bibl">Il.8.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>184.12</span> sq.: most of the forms in <b class="b3">-οθεν</b> were parox., exc. <b class="b3">οἴκοθεν, ἄλλοθεν, πάντοθεν</b> (sts. [[παντόθεν]]) <b class="b3">, ἔκτοθεν, ἔνδοθεν</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">191.27</span> sq. (other exceptions in Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.500</span>).</span>