δέ

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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  • δ’ (d’)apocopic, used before a vowel to ease pronunciation

Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *dḗ, from Proto-Indo-European *de (deictic particle). See also δή (dḗ).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Classical Attic):(file)

Particle

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δέ () (discourse particle)

  1. but, and

Conjunction

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δέ ()

  1. but, and

Usage notes

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δέ is a postpositive word: it is never the first word in a sentence. It is usually the second but sometimes also the third or fourth.

It is often used together with μέν (mén).

Descendants

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  • Classical Syriac: ܕܝܢ
  • Coptic: ⲇⲉ (de)
  • Greek: δε (de)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δέ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307

Further reading

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  • δέ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • δέ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • δέ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • δέ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • δέ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • G1161 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

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Conjunction

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δέ ()

  1. (Katharevousa) but, and

References

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