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Ancient Greek
- θήν (thḗn) — stressed form
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɛːn/ → /θin/ → /θin/
Particle
θην • (thēn)
- (enclitic, chiefly Epic and Doric) doubtless, surely, forsooth
Further reading
- “θην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θην”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter