ἠΰτε
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἠῠ́τε (ēúte)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.ý.te/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈy.te/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈy.te/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈy.te/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈi.te/
Particle
ἠῠ̈́τε • (ēǘte)
- (Epic) as, like, like as
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.872:
- ὃς καὶ χρυσὸν ἔχων πόλεμον δ’ ἴεν ἠΰτε κούρη
- hòs kaì khrusòn ékhōn pólemon d’ íen ēǘte koúrē
- Translation by Samuel Butler
- He came into the fight with gold about him, like a girl (translation at Wikisource)
- ὃς καὶ χρυσὸν ἔχων πόλεμον δ’ ἴεν ἠΰτε κούρη
Further reading
- “ἠΰτε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press