ὕδη

See also: Ὕδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ud-, the same root of αὐδή (audḗ, “voice”), Sanskrit वदति (vadati, “to say, speak”) and Proto-Slavic *vaditi (“to argue; scold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ði/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ði/

Noun

ὕδη • (húdē)

1. Theognostus' gives the definition as: φήμη (phḗmē, “prophetic voice, oracle”), ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song, ode”).

References

• “ὕδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN