δίχα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δῐχθᾰ́ (dĭkhthắ) — Epic

Etymology

From δίς (dís, “twice”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.kʰa/ → /ˈði.xa/ → /ˈði.xa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.kʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.xa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.xa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.xa/

Adverb

δῐ́χᾰ • (dĭ́khă)

1. in two, asunder, apart
2. in doubt
3. differently, oppositely

Derived terms

• ἄνδιχα (ándikha)
• δῐχότομος (dĭkhótomos)

Preposition

δῐ́χᾰ • (dĭ́khă) (governs the genitive)

1. apart from, without, away from
2. unlike

References

• “δίχα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δίχα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δίχα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δίχα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίχα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δίχα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δίχα”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apart idem, page 33.
  • apart from idem, page 33.
  • asunder idem, page 48.
  • beside idem, page 75.
  • default idem, page 203.
  • except idem, page 288.
  • exclusive idem, page 289.
  • half idem, page 381.
  • independently idem, page 432.
  • separately idem, page 754.
  • sunder idem, page 838.
  • twain idem, page 903.
  • two idem, page 904.
  • without idem, page 984.