σποράδην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπορᾱ́ (sporā́), verbal noun from o-grade of the root of σπείρω (speírō, “to sow, scatter”), +‎ -δην (-dēn, deverbal adverb suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spo.rá.dɛːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spoˈra.de̝n/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spoˈra.ðin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spoˈra.ðin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spoˈra.ðin/

Adverb

σποράδην • (sporádēn)

in a scattered manner, here and there

References

“σποράδην”, 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.
- here idem, page 397.
- intermittently idem, page 451.
- scantily idem, page 737.
- scattered idem, page 738.
- sparsely idem, page 798.
- sporadically idem, page 804.
- thinly idem, page 867.