οὐδέν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 
 

Medial aspiration or "interaspiration" in compounds is a documented feature of ancient Greek in occlusive voiceless consonants (κ, π, τ → χ, φ, θ) if the second word of the compound begins with an aspirated vowel; however, the possibility of this in all the other cases cannot be ruled out: Attic inscriptions don't indicate it but it is occasionally found. Also, Roman inscriptions show an alternation of transcription's standards: this may indeed have been a feature of Greek speech itself[1]

Pronoun

οὐδέν • (oudén)

  1. neuter nominative singular of οὐδείς (oudeís)
  2. neuter accusative singular of οὐδείς (oudeís)
  3. neuter vocative singular of οὐδείς (oudeís)

Adverb

οὐδέν • (oudén)

  1. in no way, not at all

Descendants

  • Greek: δεν (den)
  • Mariupol Greek: дъэ (ðe)

References

  1. ^ Allen, William Sidney (1987), Vox Graeca: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Greek‎[1], 3rd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52
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