ἐξαπίνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐξάπινας (exápinas), ἐξαίφνης (exaíphnēs)

Etymology

Based on φ/π variation with the likely-related ἄφνω (áphnō, “suddenly”), Beekes and Furnee assume Pre-Greek origin, noting that the correspondence of -ιφ-/-πι- suggests that the original Pre-Greek term was pronounced with a *pʸ.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sa.pí.nɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.saˈpi.ne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.saˈpi.nis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.saˈpi.nis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.saˈpi.nis/

Adverb

ἐξᾰπίνης • (exapínēs)

suddenly, all of a sudden

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “434”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἐξαπίνης

“ἐξαπίνης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐξαπίνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἐξαπίνης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ἐξαπίνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- suddenly idem, page 835.
- unexpectedly idem, page 917.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “434”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἐξαπίνης

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