αὐτοσχεδόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

αὐτός (autós) +‎ σχεδόν (skhedón)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.tos.kʰe.dón/ → /aɸ.tos.çeˈðon/ → /af.tos.çeˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.tos.kʰe.dón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.tos.kʰeˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.tos.çeˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.tos.çeˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.tos.çeˈðon/

Adverb

αὐτοσχεδόν • (autoskhedón)

1. hand-to-hand (combat etc.)

Further reading

• “αὐτοσχεδόν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αὐτοσχεδόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐτοσχεδόν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• αὐτοσχεδόν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “αὐτοσχεδόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press