ἄρδην

ἄρδην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Contracted from ἀέρδην (aérdēn), from the root of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift”) +‎ -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎːr.dɛːn/ → /ˈar.ðin/ → /ˈar.ðin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎːr.dɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.de̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ðin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ðin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ðin/

Adverb

ᾱ̓́ρδην • (ā́rdēn)

1. lifted up on high
2. 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.
  • aloft idem, page 25.
  • altogether idem, page 26.
  • entirely idem, page 277.
  • high idem, page 399.
  • on idem, page 573.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • utterly idem, page 941.
  • wholly idem, page 978.