-θεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -θε (-the) (Poetic), -θα (-tha) (Aeolic, Doric)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰe.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰen/ → /θen/ → /θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θen/

Suffix

-θεν • (-then)

1. Added to nouns to form adverbs of place from which: from; also used, like genitive, with prepositions

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν

Ἀθήνηθεν

ἄλλοθεν

ἁμόθεν

ἀμφοτέρωθεν

ἄνευθεν

ἄνωθεν

ἀπάνευθε

ἀπόπροθεν

ἀρχῆθεν

αὐτόθεν

ἐγγύθεν

ἕθεν

ἑκάτερθεν

ἑκατέρωθεν

ἐκεῖθεν

ἔκτοσθεν

ἔνδοθεν

ἔνθεν

ἐνθένδε

ἐντεῦθεν

ἔντοσθεν

ἔξωθεν

ἑτέρωθεν

ἐφύπερθεν

ἕωθεν

θύραθεν

Ἴδηθεν

καθύπερθεν

κλισίηθεν

νειόθεν

νέρθεν

ὅθεν

οἴκοθεν

ὁμόθεν

ὄπισθεν

ὁπόθεν

οὐρανόθεν

πανταχόθεν

πάντοθεν

πάροιθεν

πόθεν

ποθεν

πόρρωθεν

πρόσθεν

Σύμηθεν

τηλόθεν

τόθεν

Τροίηθεν

ὕπερθεν

ὑψόθεν

Further reading

• “-θεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press