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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπορᾱ́ (sporā́), verbal noun from o-grade of the root of σπείρω (speírō, “to sow, scatter”), + -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spo.rá.dɛːn/ → /spoˈra.ðin/ → /spoˈra.ðin/
Adverb
σποράδην • (sporádēn)
- in a scattered manner, here and there
References
- “σποράδην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.