δέ
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Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *dḗ, from Proto-Indo-European *de (deictic particle). See also δή (dḗ).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dé/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðe/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðe/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðe/
Audio (Classical Attic): (file)
Particle
editδέ • (dé) (discourse particle)
Conjunction
editδέ • (dé)
Usage notes
editδέ 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).
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δέ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307
Further reading
edit- “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, 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.
Greek
editConjunction
editδέ • (dé)
- (Katharevousa) but, and
References
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- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek terms with audio links
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek particles
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek discourse particles
- Ancient Greek conjunctions
- Greek lemmas
- Greek conjunctions
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