whence
whence
adv.
Interrogative: P. and V. πόθεν.
Indirect: P. and V. ὁπόθεν.
Relative: P. and V. ὅθεν, Ar. and V. ὅθενπερ, V. ἔνθεν (also Xen. but rare P.).
adv.
Interrogative: P. and V. πόθεν.
Indirect: P. and V. ὁπόθεν.
Relative: P. and V. ὅθεν, Ar. and V. ὅθενπερ, V. ἔνθεν (also Xen. but rare P.).
WHENCE
Interrogative (1) Of place unde? ex aliquo loco? whence are you? (i.e. of what country?) cujas es? when he was asked whence he came quura interrogaretur cujatem se esse diceret. (2) Of persons means etc. unde? a or ex quo homine? (from whom?) ex aliqua re? (from what?) whence have you this? a quo hoc accepisti (general term) =? unde datum hoc sumis? (who gave you this?) unde id scis? (how do you know this?) whence comes it that? unde fit ut etc.
Relative (1) Of place unde: ab aliquo loco: ex quo loco. They returned to the place whence they came reversi sunt unde profecti erant. (2) Of a cause or source unde. Whence it comes that unde or ex quo fit ut; qua ex re fit ut.
Interrogative (1) Of place unde? ex aliquo loco? whence are you? (i.e. of what country?) cujas es? when he was asked whence he came quura interrogaretur cujatem se esse diceret. (2) Of persons means etc. unde? a or ex quo homine? (from whom?) ex aliqua re? (from what?) whence have you this? a quo hoc accepisti (general term) =? unde datum hoc sumis? (who gave you this?) unde id scis? (how do you know this?) whence comes it that? unde fit ut etc.
Relative (1) Of place unde: ab aliquo loco: ex quo loco. They returned to the place whence they came reversi sunt unde profecti erant. (2) Of a cause or source unde. Whence it comes that unde or ex quo fit ut; qua ex re fit ut.
whence: unde: nor does he come thence w. I would have preferred, nec inde venit unde mallem, Cic.: w. has Cinna been dislodged? unde dejectus est Cinna? id.: that he might answer me, w. he came, ut mihi responderet unde esset, id.: I do not recal to mind w. I have fallen, but w. I have risen, non recordor unde ceciderim, sed unde surrexerim, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10: the relation will be brief if the beginning be made w. it must needs be, brevis erit narratio si unde necesse est inde initium sumetur, Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28: who had killed the man w. (from whom) he himself was born, qui eum necasset unde ipse natus esset, id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71.