αὖθις

See also: αύθις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

αὖτις (aûtis) – Epic, Ionic

Etymology

Lengthened form of αὖ (aû)

Adverb

αὖθις • (aûthis)

(of place) back, back again
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.540:
  αὖτις ἰών
  aûtis iṓn
  going back
(of time) again, afresh, anew, in turn
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.540:
  βοᾶν αὖθις
  boân aûthis
  cry encore!
(of sequence) moreover, in turn, on the other hand
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.540:
  τοῦτο μέν . . τοῦτ’ αὖθις
  toûto mén . . toût’ aûthis
  on one hand.. on the other hand

Descendants

Greek: αύθις (áfthis)

See also

πάλιν (pálin)

References

αὖθις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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