ἄρδην
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Contracted from ἀέρδην (aérdēn), from the root of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift”) + -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎːr.dɛːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈar.de̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈar.ðin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈar.ðin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈar.ðin/
Adverb
ᾱ̓́ρδην • (ā́rdēn)
- lifted up on high
- completely, utterly
Descendants
- > Greek: άρδην (árdin) (inherited)
References
- “ἄρδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄρδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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