βραδέως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

βρᾰδῠ́ς (brădŭ́s) +‎ -ως (-ōs)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bra.dé.ɔːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /braˈde.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βraˈðe.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vraˈðe.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vraˈðe.os/

Adverb

βραδέως • (bradéōs)

slowly

Descendants

→ Greek: βραδέως (vradéos) (learned)

Adjective

βρᾰδέως • (brădéōs)

inflection of βρᾰδῠ́ς (brădŭ́s):
1. masculine genitive singular
2. neuter genitive singular

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βραδέως (bradéōs).^[1] By surface analysis, βραδε- (stem of βραδύς (vradýs)) +‎ -ως (-os).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɾaˈðe.os/
Hyphenation: βρα‧δέ‧ως

Adverb

βραδέως • (vradéos)

(formal) slowly
Synonym: αργά (argá)

Antonym: ταχέως (tachéos)

Related terms

σπεύδε βραδέως (spévde vradéos, “hasten slowly!”) Polytonic spelling: σπεῦδε βραδέως (speûde bradéōs)

References

^ βραδέως, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language