βουλυτόνδε

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

towards the afternoon, to the western half of the sky
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.779:
  ἦμος δ᾽ Ἠέλιος μετενίσετο βουλυτόνδε
  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 (2006–2023)

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