στοιχηδόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “rows”) +‎ -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stoi̯.kʰɛː.dón/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sty.kʰe̝ˈdon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sty.çiˈðon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sty.çiˈðon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sti.çiˈðon/

Adverb

στοιχηδόν • (stoikhēdón)

in a row
(epigraphy) as a stoichedon (text written such that the letters are arranged as rows and columns within a grid arrangement), or in the manner of one

Related terms

βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón)

Descendants

→ English: stoichedon
→ German: Stoichedon n