Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰνόθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰνόθεν

Etym.: ai)no/s

Sense

  1. from horror to horror, right horribly

Examples

  • βάλε δὲ Θρῃκῶν ἀγὸσ ἀνδρῶν Πείρωσ Ἰμβρασίδησ ὃσ ἄρ’ Αἰνόθεν εἰληλούθει. (Homer, Iliad, Book 4 52:3)
  • ἦ μὲν δὴ λώβη τάδε γ’ ἔσσεται αἰνόθεν αἰνῶσ εἰ μή τισ Δαναῶν νῦν Ἕκτοροσ ἀντίοσ εἶσιν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 11:5)
  • ἐλέγχεται δὲ τὸ τοιοῦτον ἐκ τῶν ἐπῶν ἐκείνων ἡρ́ωσ Ἰμβρασίδησ, ὃσ ἄρ’ Αἰνόθεν εἰληλούθει· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 124:8)

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

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