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Ancient Greek
Etymology
κατα- (kata-) + ὕπερθεν (húperthen)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tʰý.per.tʰen/ → /kaˈθy.per.θen/ → /kaˈθi.per.θen/
Adverb
κᾰθύπερθεν • (kathúperthen)
- down from above
Further reading
- “καθύπερθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καθύπερθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καθύπερθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “καθύπερθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press