δήν

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See also: -δην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dwān, from Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂-m, from the root *dweh₂- (“long, far”).^[1] Related to δηρός (dērós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝n/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðin/

Adverb

δήν • (dḗn)

for a long time
Synonym: δηθά (dēthá)
long ago

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δήν [adv.]”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326

Further reading

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

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