θεν

-θεν, old termin. of the gen., as in ἐμέθεν, Διόθεν, etc.: freq. with Ablatival sense, denoting

• motion from a place, as in Λεσβόθεν, Ἀβυδόθεν, ἄλλοθεν, οἴκοθεν, etc.: so with Preps., ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν Od. 9.38; ἐξ οὐρανόθεν Il. 8.19, cf. A.D. Adv. 184.12 sq.: most of the forms in -οθεν were parox., exc. οἴκοθεν, ἄλλοθεν, πάντοθεν (sts. παντόθεν) , ἔκτοθεν, ἔνδοθεν, ib. 191.27 sq. (other exceptions in Hdn.Gr. 1.500).

– θεν, Suffixum, an Nomina gehängt, die Bewegung von einem Orte her, weg bezeichnend, οἴκοθεν, οὐρανόθεν, vom Hause, vom Himmel her, vgl. πόθεν ; seltener von Personen, Διόθεν, θεόθεν, von Zeus, von den Göttern. Bei den Dichtern tritt auch noch ἐκ u. ἀπό dazu, z.B. ἐξ οὐρανόθεν, Il. 8.19, ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν, Od. 9.38. – In einigen Wörtern steht dafür auch –θε, ἔντοσθε, ὄπισθε, πάροιθε.

-θεν

Also -θε.

• • 1

    Motion from; from in gen.

  • 2

    Position away from; position indicated by the first element of the compound.

θεν : a suffix forming an ablatival genitive; of place, Τροίηθεν, οἴκοθεν, ἄλλοθεν, ‘from Troy,’ ‘from home,’ ‘from elsewhere,’ and with prepositions, ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν, Od. 9.38; ἐξ ἁλόθεν, Il. 21.335; less often of persons, Διόθεν, θεόθεν, ‘from Zeus,’ ‘from a god.’

-θεν

• • Iold termin. of the gen., as in ἐμέθεν, σέθεν, Διόθεν, θεόθεν; sometimes after Preps., ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν Od.; ἐξ οὐρανόθεν Il.
  • IIas insep. Particle, denoting motion from a place, opp. to -δε, as in ἄλλοθεν, οἴκοθεν, from another place, from home.