θην

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θήν (thḗn) — stressed form

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛːn/ → /θin/ → /θin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θin/

Particle

θην • (thēn)

1. (enclitic, chiefly Epic and Doric) doubtless, surely, forsooth

Further reading

• “θην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θην”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter