ἐκεῖνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[ἐκείνη]], [[ἐκεῖνο]], also [[κεῖνος]] (regular in Ep., Ion. (as ''SIG''37.3 (Teos, v B.C.), though [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] prefers [[ἐκεῖνος]]), and Lyr., in Trag. [[κεῖνος]] only where the metre requires, cf. A.''Pers.''230,792, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''220 (anap.), etc.; but not in Att. Prose, and in Com. only in mock Trag. passages): Aeol. [[κῆνος]] Sapph.2.1: Dor. [[τῆνος]] Theoc.1.4, etc.: in Com., strengthened ἐκεινοσί Eup.277 (prob.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1196, etc.; ἐκεινοσίν A.D.''Pron.''59.24: ([[ἐκεῖ]]):—demonstr. Pron.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[the person there]], [[that person]] or [[thing]], Hom., etc.: generally with reference to what has gone immediately before, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 106c, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.9, etc.; but when [[οὗτος]] and [[ἐκεῖνος]] refer to two things before mentioned, [[ἐκεῖνος]], prop. belongs to [[the more remote]], in time, place, or thought, [[οὗτος]] to [[the nearer]], Pl.''Euthd.''271b, etc.: but [[ἐκεῖνος]] sometimes = [[the latter]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 1.3.13, D.8.72, Arist.''Pol.''1325a7, etc.: [[ἐκεῖνος]] is freq. the predicate to [[οὗτος]] or [[ὅδε]], οὗτος ἐκεῖνος τὸν σὺ ζητέεις [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.32; τοῦτ' ἔστ' ἐκεῖνο E.''Hel.''622; <b class="b3">ἆρ' οὗτός ἐστ' ἐκεῖνος ὅν.</b>.; Ar.''Pax''240, etc.: also joined as if one Pron., τοῦτ' ἐκεῖνο..δέρκομαι S.''El.''1115, etc.; <b class="b3">κατ' ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ</b> = [[at that point of time]], Plu.''Alex.''32, etc.; ἐς ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου D.C. 46.49; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο</b>, [[à propos]], Luc.''Nigr.''8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to denote wellknown persons, etc., κεῖνος μέγας θεός Il.24.90; ἐκεῖνος ἡνίκ' ἦν Θουκυδίδης [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''708; καίτοι φασὶν Ἰφικράτην ποτ' ἐκεῖνον.. D.21.62; ὦ παῖ 'κείνου τἀνδρός [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 36d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> ἐκεῖνα [[the ideal world]], Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''250a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> for things, of which one cannot remember or must not mention the name, = [[ὁ δεῖνα]], [[so-and-so]], Ar.''Nu.''195.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in formulae, τεθνάτω καὶ οἱ παῖδες οἱ ἐξ ἐκείνου ''IG''12.10.33.<br><span class="bld">4</span> with simple demonstr. force, <b class="b3">Ἶρος ἐκεῖνος ἧσται</b> Irus sits [[there]], Od.18.239; <b class="b3">νῆες ἐκεῖναι ἐπιπλέουσιν</b> [[there]] are ships sailing up, Th.1.51.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in orat. obliq. where prop. the reflex. Pron. [[αὑτοῦ]] would stand, X. ''HG'' 1.6.14, Is.8.22, etc.<br><span class="bld">6</span> after a Relat. in apodosi almost pleon., [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 1.4.19 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">7</span> in Aeol. and Att. the Subst. with [[ἐκεῖνος]] prop. has the Art. (κῆνος ὤνηρ Alc. ''Supp.'' 25.6), and [[ἐκεῖνος]] may precede or follow the Subst., ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ Th. 1.20, Pl. ''Phd.'' 57a; <b class="b3">τὴν στρατείαν ἐ., τὸν ἄνδρ' ἐ.</b>, Th. 1.10, Ar. ''Pax''649: in Poets the Art. is freq. omitted, ἤματι κείνῳ Il. 2.37, etc.; but when this is the case in Prose, [[ἐκεῖνος]] follows the Subst., ἡμέρας ἐκείνης Th. 3.59, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[ἐκείνως]] = [[in that case]], Id.1.77, 3.46; [[in that way]], Hp.''Fract.'' 27; ζῆν Pl. ''R.'' 516d, etc.: Ion. [[κείνως]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.120.<br><span class="bld">III</span> dat. fem. [[ἐκείνῃ]] as adverb,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of [[place]], [[at that place]], [[in that neighbourhood]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 8.106, Th. 4.77, etc.; [[κείνῃ]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὁδῷ]]) Od. 13.111.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of Manner, [[in that manner]], Pl. ''R.'' 556a, etc.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> with Preps., <b class="b3">ἐξ ἐκείνου</b> = [[from that time]], X. ''Ages.''1.17; ἀπ' ἐκείνου Luc. ''DMar.'' 2.2; <b class="b3">κατ' ἐκεῖνα</b> = [[in that region]], X. ''HG'' 3.5.17, etc.; [[μετ' ἐκεῖνα]] = [[afterwards]], Th. 5.81; cf. [[ἐπέκεινα]].