ἐντός

See also: εντός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *entós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.^[1] Cognate with Latin intus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /enˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /enˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /enˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /enˈdos/

Preposition

ἐντός • (entós) (governs the genitive)

within, inside

Usage notes

Can be used as a postposition as well.

Adverb

ἐντός • (entós)

within

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐντός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 431-432

Further reading

“ἐντός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press