ἄφνω
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἄφνως (áphnōs)
Etymology
[edit]Related to ἐξαίφνης (exaíphnēs), αἴφνης (aíphnēs, “suddenly”), ἐξᾰπίνης (exapínēs, “id”), of uncertain origin. One theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷʰ-, shared with Sanskrit अह्नाय (ahnāya, “instantly, at once”). However, Beekes, noting the π/φ variation in the word's relatives, suggests Pre-Greek origin.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.pʰnɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pʰno/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɸno/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.fno/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.fno/
Adverb
[edit]ἄφνω • (áphnō)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄφνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
Further reading
[edit]- ἄφνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄφνω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄφνω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἄφνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G869 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- suddenly idem, page 835.
- unexpectedly idem, page 917.
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