νειόθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νειόθε (neióthe)
• νεόθεν (neóthen)

Etymology

Compare νέατος (néatos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /neː.ó.tʰen/ → /niˈo.θen/ → /niˈo.θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /neː.ó.tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈo.tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈo.θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈo.θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈo.θen/

Adverb

νειόθεν • (neióthen)

1. (Ionic) from the bottom
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.10:

     ὣς πυκίν’ ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀνεστενάχιζ’ Ἀγαμέμνων νειόθεν ἐκ κραδίης

     hṑs pukín’ en stḗthessin anestenákhiz’ Agamémnōn neióthen ek kradíēs

     Even so often did Agamemnon groan from the bottom of his breast.

Related terms

• νειόθι (neióthi)

References

• “νειόθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νειόθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νειόθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νειόθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νειόθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963