κρύβδην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρυφ-, the root of κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide something”), +‎ -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krýb.dɛːn/ → /ˈkryβ.ðin/ → /ˈkriv.ðin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krýb.dɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkryb.de̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkryβ.ðin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkryv.ðin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkriv.ðin/

Adverb

κρύβδην • (krúbdēn)

1. secretly; without the knowledge of (with genitive of person)

References

• “κρύβδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρύβδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κρύβδην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clandestinely idem, page 134.
  • covertly idem, page 180.
  • darkly idem, page 195.
  • furtively idem, page 351.
  • secretly idem, page 747.
  • stealth idem, page 814.
  • surreptitiously idem, page 845.