πάνυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾶς (pâs, “all”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.ny/ → /ˈpa.ny/ → /ˈpa.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.ny/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ny/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ny/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ny/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ni/

Adverb

πᾰ́νῠ • (pánu)

1. altogether, completely, perfectly
2. (modifying adjective) very
3. (negated) not quite, not at all
4. (in answer to a question, often πάνυ γε) quite so, by all means

References

• “πάνυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάνυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάνυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • absolutely idem, page 4.
  • altogether idem, page 26.
  • completely idem, page 152.
  • entirely idem, page 277.
  • fully idem, page 349.
  • perfectly idem, page 607.
  • quite idem, page 667.
  • utterly idem, page 941.
  • wholly idem, page 978.