δήποθεν

καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα → just as a snake sheds its old skin

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Full diacritics: δήποθεν	Medium diacritics: δήποθεν	Low diacritics: δήποθεν	Capitals: ΔΗΠΟΘΕΝ
Transliteration A: dḗpothen	Transliteration B: dēpothen	Transliteration C: dipothen	Beta Code: dh/poqen

English (LSJ)

indef. Adv. (better written δή ποθεν)

A from any quarter, Pl.Ep.331e; dub. l. in A.Ch.632 (lyr.); perh. = δήπου, as in Orac. ap.Phleg.Olymp.Fr.1, Iamb.Myst.5.20.

[Seite 567] irgendwoher, conj. bei Aesch. Ch. 623; ὁπόθεν δήποθεν, von woher auch immer, v. l. für δήποτε, Dem. 35, 7.

δήποθεν: ἀόρ. ἐπίρρ. κοινῶς γραφόμενον δή ποθεν, ἐξ οἱου-δήποτε μέρους, Λατ. undecunque, Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 632.

ou δή ποθεν;
adv.
de quelque côté.