ἐν δέ

Ancient Greek

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Adverb

ἐν δέ • (en dé)

  1. and therein
  2. and among them
  3. (not in Attic prose) and besides, moreover
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.260–261:[1]
      ἐν δ’ ὑπέρας τε κάλους τε πόδας τ’ ἐνέδησεν ἐν αὐτῇ,
      μοχλοῖσιν δ’ ἄρα τήν γε κατείρυσεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν.
      en d’ hupéras te kálous te pódas t’ enédēsen en autēî,
      mokhloîsin d’ ára tḗn ge kateírusen eis hála dîan.
      • 1919 translation by Augustus Taber Murray[2]
        And he made fast in the raft braces and halyards and sheets,
        and then with levers forced it down into the bright sea.
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 675
    • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 181, (lyrical)

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