-θεν

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

-θε (-the) (Poetic), -θα (-tha) (Aeolic, Doric)^[1]

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰe.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰen/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰen/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θen/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θen/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θen/

Suffix

-θεν • (-then)

Added to nouns to form adverbs of place from which: from; also used, like genitive, with prepositions

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν

References

^ Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 342

Further reading

“-θεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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