σχεδόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold”) + a suffix -δον (-don). Related to ἔχω (ékhō, “I hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰe.dón/ → /sçeˈðon/ → /sçeˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰe.dón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰeˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçeˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçeˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçeˈðon/

Adverb

σχεδόν • (skhedón)

1. near, nearby
2. nearly, almost

Derived terms

• αὐτοσχεδόν (autoskhedón)

Descendants

• → Greek: σχεδόν (schedón)

Further reading

• “σχεδόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σχεδόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• σχεδόν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4975 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • about idem, page 2.
  • almost idem, page 25.
  • approximately idem, page 37.
  • nearly idem, page 553.
  • next idem, page 557.
  • practically idem, page 631.
  • virtually idem, page 954.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σχεδόν (skhedón).

Adverb

σχεδόν • (schedón)

1. almost