συλλήβδην

συλλήβδην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ληβ- (lēb-), e-grade of the root of συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to gather together”), +‎ -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syl.lɛ̌ːb.dɛːn/ → /sylˈliβ.ðin/ → /siˈliv.ðin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syl.lɛ̌ːb.dɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sylˈle̝b.de̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sylˈliβ.ðin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sylˈliv.ðin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈliv.ðin/

Adverb

συλλήβδην • (sullḗbdēn)

1. in sum, in short

References

• “συλλήβδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • briefly idem, page 98.
  • collectively idem, page 143.
  • compendiously idem, page 151.
  • comprehensively idem, page 153.
  • concisely idem, page 155.
  • lump idem, page 504.
  • shortly idem, page 769.
  • succinctly idem, page 834.
  • word idem, page 987.