τοὔνεκα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τοὔνεκ’ (toúnek’) — apocopic
• τοὔνεκεν (toúneken)

Etymology

Contraction of τοῦ ἕνεκα (toû héneka)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tǔː.ne.ka/ → /ˈtu.ne.ka/ → /ˈtu.ne.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tǔː.ne.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ne.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ne.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ne.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ne.ka/

Adverb

τοὔνεκᾰ • (toúneka)

1. for that reason, therefore

Further reading

• “τοὔνεκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τοὔνεκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τοὔνεκα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τοὔνεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τοὔνεκα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter