ἀν -
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“not, un-”) when followed by laryngeal and a vowel: that is, in an open syllable of the n̥HV- form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an/
Prefix[edit]
ἀ
- Alternative form of ἀ- (a-) used before a vowel.
Further reading[edit]
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1