-θεν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰe.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰen/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θen/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θen/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θen/
Suffix
-θεν • (-then)
- 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
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 342
Further reading
- “-θεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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