πάροιθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πάροιθε (pároithe), πάροιθ’ (pároith’)

Etymology

From the root of πάρος (páros) with the suffix -θεν (-then).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.roi̯.tʰen/ → /ˈpa.ry.θen/ → /ˈpa.ri.θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.roi̯.tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ry.tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ry.θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ry.θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ri.θen/

Adverb

πάροιθεν • (pároithen)

1. in front
2. heretofore, beforehand

Preposition

πάροιθεν • (pároithen) (governs the genitive)

1. in the presence of, before, in front of

Further reading

• “πάροιθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πάροιθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πάροιθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • before idem, page 69.
  • formerly idem, page 339.