δηθά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Cognate with Latin diū.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.tʰá/ → /ðiˈθa/ → /ðiˈθa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.tʰá/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝ˈtʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈθa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈθa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈθa/

Adverb

δηθά • (dēthá)

1. (Epic) for a long time

   Synonym: δήν (dḗn)

Related terms

• δηθύνω (dēthúnō)

 

Further reading

• “δηθά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δηθά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “δηθά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press