-σε

See also: σε, σέ, and Appendix:Variations of "se"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly cognate with -θα (-tha). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /se/ → /se/ → /se/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /se/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /se/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /se/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /se/

Suffix

-σε • (-se)

1. Added to words to form adverbs of direction: to, toward

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σε

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 342
• “-σε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press