ἠΰτε

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἠῠ́τε (ēúte)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.ý.te/ → /iˈy.te/ → /iˈi.te/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.ý.te/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈy.te/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈy.te/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈy.te/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈi.te/

Particle

ἠῠ̈́τε • (ēǘte)

1. (Epic) as, like, like as
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.872:

     ὃς καὶ χρυσὸν ἔχων πόλεμον δ’ ἴεν ἠΰτε κούρη

     hòs kaì khrusòn ékhōn pólemon d’ íen ēǘte koúrē

     • Translation by Samuel Butler

       He came into the fight with gold about him, like a girl (translation at Wikisource)

Further reading

• “ἠΰτε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press