καθύπερθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κᾰθῠ́περθε (kăthŭ́perthe)

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) +‎ ῠ̔́περθεν (hŭ́perthen). By surface analysis, κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) +‎ ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) +‎ -θεν (-then).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰý.per.tʰen/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈtʰy.per.tʰen/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈθy.per.θen/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈθy.per.θen/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈθi.per.θen/

Adverb

κᾰθῠ́περθεν • (kăthŭ́perthen)

down from above

Further reading

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