σποράδην
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom σπορᾱ́ (sporā́), verbal noun from o-grade of the root of σπείρω (speírō, “to sow, scatter”), + -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spo.rá.dɛːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spoˈra.de̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spoˈra.ðin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spoˈra.ðin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spoˈra.ðin/
Adverb
editσποράδην • (sporádēn)
- in a scattered manner, here and there
References
edit- “σποράδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- here idem, page 397.
- intermittently idem, page 451.
- scantily idem, page 737.
- scattered idem, page 738.
- sparsely idem, page 798.
- sporadically idem, page 804.
- thinly idem, page 867.