ἐκεῖθεν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. κεῖθεν (the only form used by Hom., also in Trag. where metre requires) : Aeol. κήνοθεν <span class="bibl">Alc.86</span> : Dor. τηνῶθεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 754</span>; τηνῶθε <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.10</span>:—Adv. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[from that place]], [[thence]], opp. [[ἐκεῖσε]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>490</span>, etc.; of a person, τἀκεῖθεν εἰ ποθούμεθα [[on his part]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 632</span>; ὁ ἐ. ἄγγελος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>619b</span>; τὸ σκῆπτρον ἐ. παραλαβόντες <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span> 6.181b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἐκεῖ]], οἱ ἐ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.62</span> : c. gen., <b class="b3">τοὐκεῖθεν ἄλσους</b> [[on yon side of]] the grove, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>505</span>; ἕζοντο τὸ κεῖθεν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1411</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> by attraction for ἐκεῖσε, βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθενπερ ἥκει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1227</span> codd. (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[thence]], [[from that fact]], γνοίη δ' ἄν τις ἐ. <span class="bibl">Isoc. 12.224</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.45.48</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of Time, [[thenceforward]], <span class="bibl">Il.15.234</span>; ἐ. ἤδη <span class="bibl">D.C.54.25</span>.</span>