βουλυτόνδε

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βουλυτόν (boulutón), accusative of βουλυτός (boulutós, “(early) afternoon”), + -δε (-de).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.lyː.tón.de/ → /βu.lyˈton.de/ → /vu.liˈton.de/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.lyː.tón.de/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bu.lyˈton.de/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βu.lyˈton.de/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vu.lyˈton.de/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vu.liˈton.de/

Adverb

βουλυτόνδε • (boulutónde) (Epic)

1. towards the afternoon, to the western half of the sky
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.779:

     ἦμος δ’ Ἠέλιος μετενίσετο βουλυτόνδε

     êmos d’ Ēélios meteníseto boulutónde

     when Helios passed the meridian towards the early afternoon

Further reading

• “βουλυτόνδε”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βουλυτόνδε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βουλυτόνδε in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)