λάθρῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λάθρᾳ (láthrāi) — Attic

Etymology

From the root of λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.tʰrɛːi̯/ → /ˈla.θri/ → /ˈla.θri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.tʰrɛːi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tʰre̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.θri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.θri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.θri/

Adverb

λάθρῃ • (láthrēi)

1. secretly, by stealth

Preposition

λάθρῃ • (láthrēi) (governs the genitive)

1. unbeknownst to

Further reading

• “λάθρῃ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λάθρῃ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λάθρῃ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λάθρῃ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press