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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Contraction of τοῦ ἕνεκα (toû héneka)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tǔː.ne.ka/ → /ˈtu.ne.ka/ → /ˈtu.ne.ka/
Adverb
τοὔνεκᾰ • (toúnekă)
- for that reason, therefore
Further reading
- “τοὔνεκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τοὔνεκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τοὔνεκα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τοὔνεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τοὔνεκα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter