μαψιδίως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μαψίδιος (mapsídios) +‎ -ως (-ōs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /map.si.dí.ɔːs/ → /map.siˈði.os/ → /map.siˈði.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /map.si.dí.ɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /map.siˈdi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /map.siˈði.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /map.siˈði.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /map.siˈði.os/

Adverb

μαψῐδίως • (mapsidíōs)

1. in vain

   Synonym: μάψ (máps)

2. rashly
3. wantonly

Further reading

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