ἤλιθα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.li.tʰa/ → /ˈi.li.θa/ → /ˈi.li.θa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.li.tʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.li.tʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.θa/

Adverb

ἤλῐθᾰ • (ḗlitha)

1. enough, sufficiently
2. very much, exceedingly
3. in vain, to no purpose

Descendants

• Greek: ηλίθιος (ilíthios)

Further reading

• “ἤλιθα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἤλιθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἤλιθα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἤλιθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press