οὐδέν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.dén/ → /uˈðen/ → /uˈðen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.dén/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /uˈden/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uˈðen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uˈðen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uˈðen/

 

• IPA^(key): /uː dhén/ → /u ˈðen/ → /u ˈðen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː dhén/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u ˈd(h)en/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u ˈðen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u ˈðen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u ˈðen/

Medial aspiration or "interaspiration" in compounds is a documented feature of ancient Greek in occlusive voiceless consonants (κ, π, τ → χ, φ, θ) if the second word of the compound begins with an aspirated vowel; however, the possibility of this in all the other cases cannot be ruled out: Attic inscriptions don't indicate it but it is occasionally found. Also, Roman inscriptions show an alternation of transcription's standards: this may indeed have been a feature of Greek speech itself

Pronoun

οὐδέν • (oudén)

1. neuter nominative singular of οὐδείς (oudeís)
2. neuter accusative singular of οὐδείς (oudeís)
3. neuter vocative singular of οὐδείς (oudeís)

Adverb

οὐδέν • (oudén)

1. in no way, not at all

Descendants

• Greek: δεν (den)
• Mariupol Greek: дъэ (ðe)

References

• οὐδέν in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οὐδέν in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cipher idem, page 132.
  • naught idem, page 552.
  • nothing idem, page 562.