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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kra.dí.ɛː/ → /kraˈði.i/ → /kraˈði.i/
Noun
κρᾰδῐ́η • (krădĭ́ē) f (genitive κρᾰδῐ́ης); first declension
- Epic form of κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā)
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 20.18:
- «τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη· καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο ποτ’ ἔτλης, »
- «tétlathi dḗ, kradíē; kaì kúnteron állo pot’ étlēs, [...]»
- Endure, my heart; a worse thing even than this didst thou once endure
- English translation (1919) by A.T. Murray.
- Scene: Odysseus' inner soliloquy: disguised as a beggar he is tempted to reveal himself and punish the insolent suitors.
- The phrase is quoted as: τέτλαθι κραδίη (tétlathi kradíē)
Declension