οὐδαμῶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

οὐδαμός (oudamós) +‎ -ως (-ōs)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.da.mɔːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.da.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.ða.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.ða.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.ða.mos/

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː dha.mɔːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u d(h)a.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u ða.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u ða.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u ða.mos/

Medial aspiration or "" compounds is a documented feature of before occlusive voiceless consonants (κ, π, τ → χ, φ, θ) if the second word of the compound is 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]

Adverb

οὐδαμῶς • (oudamôs)

not at all

References

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

“οὐδαμῶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“οὐδαμῶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

[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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