Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγχόθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχόθεν

Etym.: a)gxou=

Sense

  1. from nigh at hand

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ νομίζουσιν ὅτι ὑψοῦ τοῖσι θεοῖσιν ὁμιλέει καὶ ἀγαθὰ ξυναπάσῃ Συρίῃ αἰτέει, οἱ δὲ τῶν εὐχωλέων ἀγχόθεν ἐπαϊούσιν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 28:7)
  • ἤδη ὦν ὅστισ ἀγχόθεν χιόνα ἁδρὴν πίπτουσαν εἶδε οἶδε τὸ λέγω· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 31 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. from nigh at hand

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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