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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compare νέατος (néatos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neː.ó.tʰen/ → /niˈo.θen/ → /niˈo.θen/
Adverb
νειόθεν • (neióthen)
- (Ionic) from the bottom
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 10.10:
- ὣς πυκίν’ ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀνεστενάχιζ’ Ἀγαμέμνων νειόθεν ἐκ κραδίης
- hṑs pukín’ en stḗthessin anestenákhiz’ Agamémnōn neióthen ek kradíēs
- Even so often did Agamemnon groan from the bottom of his breast.
References
- “νειόθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νειόθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νειόθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νειόθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νειόθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963