διέκ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• διέξ (diéx) — before a vowel

Etymology

διά (diá) +‎ ἐκ (ek)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ék/ → /ðiˈek/ → /ðiˈek/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ék/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈek/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈek/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈek/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈek/

Preposition

δῐέκ • (diék) (governs the genitive)

1. (Epic) out through

Further reading

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