Ἰνδιστί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἰνδός (Indós, “an Indian”) +‎ -ιστί (-istí).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /in.dis.tí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /in.disˈti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /in.disˈti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /in.disˈti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /in.disˈti/

Adverb

Ἰνδῐστί • (Indĭstí)

In the language of the Indians
- a. AD 893, Photius, Bibliotheca:
  Διαλέγεσθαι δὲ αὐτὸ ὥσπερ ἄνθρωπον ἰνδιστί, ἂν δὲ ἑλληνιστὶ μάθῃ, καὶ ἑλληνιστί.
  Dialégesthai dè autò hṓsper ánthrōpon indistí, àn dè hellēnistì máthēi, kaì hellēnistí.
  It can converse like a human in Indian, but if taught Greek, it can also speak Greek.

References

Ἰνδιστί, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“Ἰνδιστί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Ἰνδιστί in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette