χύδην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χῠ (khu), the root of χέω (khéō, “to pour”), +‎ -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰý.dɛːn/ → /ˈçy.ðin/ → /ˈçi.ðin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰý.dɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰy.de̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçy.ðin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçy.ðin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.ðin/

Adverb

χύδην • (khúdēn)

1. as if poured out
   1. without order
   2. in prose
   3. abundantly

Derived terms

• χυδαῖος (khudaîos)

References

• “χύδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χύδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anyhow idem, page 33.
  • chaotically idem, page 124.
  • confusedly idem, page 159.
  • indiscriminately idem, page 434.
  • indistinguishably idem, page 434.
  • jumble idem, page 465.
  • litter idem, page 495.
  • mess idem, page 526.
  • pell-mell idem, page 602.
  • random idem, page 670.
  • slovenly idem, page 785.
  • tumultuously idem, page 900.
  • untidily idem, page 934.
  • wholesale idem, page 977.