πατρόθεν

A. from or after a father, π. ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων naming him and giving his father's name, Il. 10.68, cf. Hdt. 3.1, Th. 7.69, Pl. Ly. 204e; τὸ μὲν π. ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται on the father's side, Pi. O. 7.23; εἴπερ . . ἔστ’ ἐμὸς τὰ π. S. Aj. 547, cf. OC 215 (lyr.); ἐν στήλῃ π. ἀναγραφῆναι to have one's name inscribed on a tablet with the addition of one's father's name, Hdt. 6.14, cf. 8.90; γράψαι τοὔνομα π. καὶ φυλῆς καὶ δήμου to write one's name adding that of one's father, tribe, and township, Pl. Lg. 753c, cf. OGI 222.44 (Clazomenae, iii B. C.), Milet. 3 No.152.93 (ii B. C.), etc.; π. καὶ πατρίδος PRev.Laws 7.3 (iii B. C.).

2. coming from, sent by one's father, ἀνάγκα π., imposed by Zeus, Pi. O. 3.28; π. ἀλάστωρ A. Ag. 1507 (lyr.) ; π. εὐκταία φάτις a father's curse, Id. Th. 841 (lyr.).

3. from the time of one's fathers, π. φίλοι τοῦ δήμου IG 22.237.8.