ἐγγύθι
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἐγγύς (engús, “near”) + -θι (-thi, “at”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eŋ.ɡý.tʰi/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eŋˈɡy.tʰi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɲˈɟy.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eɲˈɟy.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eɲˈɟi.θi/
Adverb
editἐγγῠ́θῐ • (engúthi)
- near
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.317:
- οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλὴν ἐγγύθι τε Πριάμοιο καὶ Ἕκτορος ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ
- hoí hoi epoíēsan thálamon kaì dôma kaì aulḕn engúthi te Priámoio kaì Héktoros en pólei ákrēi
- They had made him a chamber and hall and court near the palaces of Priam and Hector in the citadel.
- οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλὴν ἐγγύθι τε Πριάμοιο καὶ Ἕκτορος ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ
Usage notes
editUsually takes an object in the genitive case, but may take the dative case.
Synonyms
editRelated terms
edit- ἐγγύθεν (engúthen)
References
edit- “ἐγγύθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐγγύθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐγγύθι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐγγύθι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐγγύθι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)