τέως
See also: Τέως
Ancient GreekEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂wot. Cognates include Sanskrit तावत् (tāvat).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.ɔːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
ParticleEdit
τέως • (téōs)
AdverbEdit
τέως • (téōs)
- so long, in the meantime
- until then, during that time
- for a time, a while
- up to this time, hitherto
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “τέως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέως”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τέως”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τέως in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
GreekEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
τέως • (téos)
Usage notesEdit
- τέως refers to the immediately previous holder of an office or position, πρώην to any previous holder(s) of an office or position.
- όλοι οι πρώην πρωθυπουργοί και ο τέως Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας
- all the previous prime ministers and the previous President of the Republic
- όλοι οι πρώην πρωθυπουργοί και ο τέως Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας
See alsoEdit
- πρώην (próin, “former, ex”) (adjective)