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|Definition=[ᾰ], Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[long ago]], πάλαι οὔ τι νέον γε Il.9.527; πάλαι κοὐ νεωστί S. ''El.''1049; πάλαι πολλὰ ἤδη ἔτη Pl.''Ap.''18b; [[πάλαι ποτέ]] = [[once upon a time]], Ar. ''Pl.''1002, Pl.''Criti.''110a: freq. with pres. of an act lasting to the pres., <b class="b3">ὁρῶ… πάλαι</b> I have [[long]] [[see]]n, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''5; <b class="b3">ἰχνεύω πάλαι</b> ib.20, cf. ''Ph.''589, Pl. ''Men.''91a, Ar.''Pl.''257, etc.; but, <b class="b3">πάλαι ποτ' ὄντες</b> ye who were [[long ago]], Id.''V.''1060: also with pf., τέθνηχ' ὑμῖν πάλαι S.''Ph.''1030, cf. A.''Pr.''998, Ar.''Nu.''556: with impf. of an act lasting to a past time, <b class="b3">ἔχεν πάλαι</b> had [[long]] been [[hold]]ing it, Il.23.871, cf. Eup.11; ἔχεις πάλαι ὧν ἐπεθύμεις Theoc.10.17: with Art., τὸ πάλαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.5, 7.74,95,142, Th.1.5, etc.; ἀπὸ πάλαι ''BGU''1036.24 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> like an Adj. with Art. and Noun, <b class="b3">οἱ πάλαι φῶτες</b> men [[of old]], Pi.''I.''2.1; Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι νέα τροφή S.''OT''1; <b class="b3">τοῦ πρόσθε Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι τ' Ἀγήνορος</b> ib.268; <b class="b3">τὰ καινὰ τοῖς πάλαι τεκμαίρεται</b> ib.916, cf. ''Tr.''1165, ''El.''1490, etc.; τὰ πάλαι D.19.276 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] παλαί); [[οἱ πάλαι]] = the [[ancient]]s, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ νῦν</b>, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1069a29.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[before]], opp. [[the present]], sometimes of time [[just past]], ἠμὲν πάλαι ἠδ' ἔτι καὶ νῦν Il.9.105, cf. S.''Ant.''181: hence, [[not long ago]], [[just now]], like [[ἄρτι]], οἱ πάλαι λόγοι A.''Pr.''845; <b class="b3">ὁ πάλαι λόγος</b> the [[reason]] [[just]] given, Arist.''Pol.''1282a15, cf. 1282b7; πάλαι σοὶ ἔλεγον X.''Oec.''19.17, cf. 18.10; but opp. [[ἄρτι]], Pl. ''Tht.''142a.