ἔνθα
Ancient GreekEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *ím, accusative case of *éy (“that”). Cognate with Tocharian B entwe (“then, thereupon”).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /én.tʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈen.tʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈen.θa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈen.θa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈen.θa/
AdverbEdit
ἔνθᾰ • (éntha)
- (demonstrative) there, thither (location or movement)
- (demonstrative) thereupon, then
- (relative) where, whither (location or movement)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.610:
- Ζεὺς δὲ πρὸς ὃν λέχος ἤϊ’ [...], ἔνθα πάρος κοιμᾶθ’ ὅτε μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι:
- Zeùs dè pròs hòn lékhos ḗï’ [...], éntha páros koimâth’ hóte min glukùs húpnos hikánoi:
- And Zeus [...] went to his couch, where of old he took his rest, whenever sweet sleep came upon him.
- Ζεὺς δὲ πρὸς ὃν λέχος ἤϊ’ [...], ἔνθα πάρος κοιμᾶθ’ ὅτε μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι:
- (relative) when
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.4.15:
- μάλα ἔστιν ἔνθα ἰσχυρῶς ὠφελοῦσι σφενδονῆται παρόντες
- mála éstin éntha iskhurôs ōpheloûsi sphendonêtai paróntes
- there are occasions when the presents of slingers is of very effective assistance
- μάλα ἔστιν ἔνθα ἰσχυρῶς ὠφελοῦσι σφενδονῆται παρόντες
SynonymsEdit
- (there): ἐκεῖ (ekeî), ἐνταῦθᾰ (entaûtha), τόθῐ (tóthi), ἐκεῖσε (ekeîse), αὐτοῦ (autoû)
- (then): τότε (tóte), ᾰ̓́ρᾰ (ára), ἔπειτᾰ (épeita)
- (where): ὅθῐ (hóthi), ὅποι (hópoi), οἷ (hoî), ᾗ (hêi), ῐ̔́νᾰ (hína)
- (when): ὅτε (hóte), εὖτε (eûte), ὁπότε (hopóte), ἐπεί (epeí)
Derived termsEdit
- ἔνθᾰ καὶ ἔνθᾰ (éntha kaì éntha)
- ἐνθᾰ́δε (entháde, “here, there, now”)
- ἔνθᾰπερ (énthaper)
- ἐνταῦθα (entaûtha, “here, there, hither”)
Related termsEdit
- ἔνθεν (énthen)
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ἔνθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔνθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἔνθα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔνθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔνθα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔνθα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἔνθα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.