ἕωθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἠῶθεν (ēôthen) — Homeric
• ἀῶθεν (aôthen) — Doric

Etymology

From ἕως (héōs) +‎ -θεν (-then).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.ɔː.tʰen/ → /ˈe.o.θen/ → /ˈe.o.θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.ɔː.tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.o.tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.o.θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.o.θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.o.θen/

Adverb

ἕωθεν • (héōthen)

1. From morn; at earliest dawn

Further reading

• “ἕωθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕωθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἕωθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dawn idem, page 197.
  • early idem, page 258.
  • morning idem, page 541.