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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ληβ- (lēb-), e-grade of the root of συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to gather together”), + -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syl.lɛ̌ːb.dɛːn/ → /sylˈliβ.ðin/ → /siˈliv.ðin/
Adverb
συλλήβδην • (sullḗbdēn)
- in sum, in short
References
- “συλλήβδην”, 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.