εὐρυόδεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”) +‎ ὁδός (hodós, “road, way”) +‎ -εια (-eia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.ry.ó.deː.a/ → /e.βryˈo.ði.a/ → /e.vriˈo.ði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.ry.ó.deː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.ryˈo.di.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βryˈo.ði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vryˈo.ði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vriˈo.ði.a/

Adjective

εὐρῠόδειᾰ • (euruódeia) f; first declension

1. (Epic) having wide roads (epithet of χθών (khthṓn))

Usage notes

Attested only in the feminine genitive singular form εὐρῠοδείης (euruodeíēs).

Quotations

• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.635
• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.453
• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.149
• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.52

Further reading

• “εὐρυόδεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εὐρυοδείη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εὐρυόδεια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “εὐρυόδεια”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “εὐρυόδεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press