λάθρῃ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λάθρᾳ (láthrāi) — Attic

Etymology

From the root of λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.tʰrɛːi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tʰre̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.θri/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.θri/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.θri/

Adverb

λάθρῃ • (láthrēi)

secretly, by stealth

Preposition

λάθρῃ • (láthrēi) (governs the genitive)

unbeknownst to

Further reading

“λάθρῃ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
λάθρῃ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
λάθρῃ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“λάθρῃ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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