ἔκπαλαι
Καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντι μανθάνειν σοφά → Addiscere aliquid digna res etiam seni → Auch einem Greis ist etwas Weises lernen Zier
English (LSJ)
Adv. for ἐκ πάλαι,
A for a long time, Ph.1.323, 2 Ep.Pet. 3.5, J.AJ16.8.4, Plu.2.548d, Plot.6.4.14, POxy.938.3 (iii/iv A.D.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 771] d. i. ἐκ πάλαι, seit langer Zeit, Plut. Aristid. 17 u. öfter.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔκπᾰλαι: ἐπίρρ. ἀντὶ ἐκ πάλαι, ἐκ παλαιοῦ, ἀπὸ πολλοῦ χρόνου, Πλουτ. 2. 548D, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
depuis longtemps.
Étymologie: ἐκ, πάλαι.
Spanish (DGE)
adv. desde hace tiempo οὐρανοὶ ἦσαν ἔ. καὶ γῆ 2Ep.Petr.3.5, cf. Ph.1.323, I.AI 16.244, BI 7.159, Plu.2.548d, Phryn.95, OGI 584.5 (Larnaca II d.C.), Plot.6.4.14, POxy.938.3 (III/IV d.C.).
English (Strong)
from ἐκ and πάλαι; long ago, for a long while: of a long time, of old.
English (Thayer)
adverb (from ἐκ and πάλαι, formed like ἐκτοτε (cf. Winer s Grammar, 24 (23); 422 (393); Buttmann, 321 (275))), from of old; of a long time: Philo down; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 45ff.)