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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ner- + -θεν (-then).
Adverb
νέρθεν • (nérthen)
- up from below
- below, underneath
Preposition
νέρθεν • (nérthen) (governs the genitive)
- below, under
Further reading
- “νέρθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νέρθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔνερθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νέρθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νέρθεν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.