δεκάπαλαι

Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep

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Full diacritics: δεκᾰπᾰλαι	Medium diacritics: δεκάπαλαι	Low diacritics: δεκάπαλαι	Capitals: ΔΕΚΑΠΑΛΑΙ
Transliteration A: dekápalai	Transliteration B: dekapalai	Transliteration C: dekapalai	Beta Code: deka/palai

English (LSJ)

[κᾰ], Adv.

A a very long time ago, Com. form of πάλαι (cf. δωδεκάπαλαι), Ar.Eq.1154, Philonid.8, Henioch.2.1.

[Seite 542] komisch verstärktes πάλαι, Ar. Equ. 1150; com. bei Ath. I, 23 e.

δεκάπαλαι: ἐπίρρ., πρὸ πολλοῦ, πρὸ μακροῦ χρόνου, κωμικὸς τύπος τοῦ πάλαι, ὡς τὸ δωδεκάπαλαι, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 1154, Φιλωνίδ. Ἀδήλ. 21.

adv.
il y a bien longtemps.
Étymologie: δέκα, πάλαι.

(δεκάπᾰλαι)
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
adv. diez veces hace tiempo, hace mucho tiempo hipérb. cóm. sobre πάλαι Ar.Eq.1154, Philonid.8, Henioch.2.1, Phot.δ 152, Eust.725.40.