δέ

See also: δεν, δε, and -δε

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Ancient GreekEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• δ’ (d’) – apocopic, used before a vowel

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *de. See also δή (dḗ).

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /dé/ → /ðe/ → /ðe/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /dé/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛ/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðe/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðe/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðe/

Audio (Classical Attic)

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ParticleEdit

δέ • (dé)

1. but, and

Usage notesEdit

δέ is a postpositive word: it is never the first word in a sentence. It is usually the second but sometimes also the third or fourth.

It is often used together with μέν (mén).

DescendantsEdit

• Classical Syriac: ܕܝܢ‏
• Coptic: ⲇⲉ (de)
• Greek: δε (de)

ReferencesEdit

• δέ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δέ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δέ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δέ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δέ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G1161”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • but idem, page 107.
  • whereas idem, page 975.