ἀρχῆθεν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἀρχ-ᾶθεν, Adv. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[from the beginning]], [[from of old]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 9.55</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>4(3).7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.131</span>, <span class="bibl">2.138</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.7.5</span>; rare in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 416</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>126</span>; condemned by Phryn.75; freq. in later Prose, as <span class="bibl">Plb.1.50.5</span>, al., Plu.2.238e, etc.; [[immediately]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with neg., <b class="b3">κρέσσον . . ἀρχῆθεν μὴ ἐλθεῖν</b> not [[at all]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.18</span>; cf. [[ἀρχή]] <span class="bibl">1.1</span> c.</span>