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[295] πεδόθεν, cp. funditus: but probably the notion is that of constancy, as in “ἔμπεδος”. The variant “παιδόθεν” is easily explained by itacism. Schulze (Quaest. Ep. p. 86, n. 1) conjectures that the original word was “πάϊθεν”. But the substitution in all MSS. of a modern equivalent for an archaic word like “πάϊθεν” must have taken place, if at all, at a relatively early time—too early to produce the unmetrical “παιδόθεν”.

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