ἅμα

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[ᾰμ], Dor. ἁμᾶ, q.v.: (v. sub fin.):    A Adv. at once, at the same time, mostly of Time, freq. added to τε . . καί, ἅμ' οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλή Il.8.64; ἅ. τ' ὠκύμορος καὶ ὀϊζυρός 1.417; σέ θ' ἅ. κλαίω καὶ ἐμέ 24.773; σαυτόν θ' ἅ. κἀμέ S.Ph.772, cf. 119; ἄνους τε καὶ γέρων ἅ. Ant.281:—with καί only, ἅ. πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω Il.3.109; with τε . . τε, χειρῶν τε βίης θ' ἅ. ἔργον ἔφαινον Hes.Th.677.    2 ἅ. μέν . . ἅ. δέ . ., partly . . partly . ., Pl.Phd.115d, X HG3.1.3:—ἅ. τε . . καὶ ἅ. Pl. Grg.497a; ἅμ' ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα S.Ant.436.    3 in Prose ἅ. δέ . . καί... ἅ. τε . . καί... ἅ. . . καί . . may often be translated by no sooner . . than . ., ἅ. δὲ ταῦτα ἔλεγε καὶ ἀπεδείκνυε Hdt.1.112; ταῦγά τε ἅμα ἠγόρευε καὶ πέμπει 8.5; ἅ. ἀκηκόαμέν τε καὶ τριηράρχους καθίσταμεν D.4.36; ἅ. διαλλάττονται καὶ τῆς ἔχθρας ἐπιλανθάνονται Isoc.4.157.    b ἅ. μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 'no sooner said than done', Il.19.242; ἅ. ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐμήδετο h.Merc.46; ταῦτα εἶπε καὶ ἅ. ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε Hdt.3.134, cf. 9.92: prov., ἅμ' ἔπος ἅμ' ἔργον Diogenian.1.36.    c with part. and finite Verb in same sense, βρίζων ἅ. . . ἐξήμελξας εὐτραφὲς γάλα A.Ch.897; ἅ. εἰπὼν ἀνέστη as soon as he had done speaking, he stood up, X.An.3.1.47; τῆς ἀγγελίας ἅ. ῥηθείσης ἐπεβοήθουν as soon as news was brought they assisted, Th.2.5; ἅ. γιγνόμενοι λαμβάνομεν Pl.Phd.76c; ἡμῖν ἅ. ἀναπαυομένοις ὁ παῖς ἀναγνώσεται Tht.143b.    4 ἅ. μέν . . ἔτι δέ . . X.Cyr.1.4.3; ἅ. μέν . . πρὸς δέ . . Hdt.8.51.    II together, at once, both, without direct ref. to time, ἅ. πάντες or πάντες ἅ. Il.1.495, al.; ἅ. ἄμφω h.Cer.15; ἅ. κρατερὸς καὶ ἀμύμων Od.3.111, etc.: of Place, Arist.Metaph.1028b27.    III with σύν or μετά, E.Ion717, Pl.Criti.110a.    IV abs. with Verb, at one and the same time, αἱ πᾶσαι [νῆες] ἅ. ἐγίγνοντο ἐν ἑνὶ θέρει σ καὶ ν Th.3.17, cf. οὐχ ἅ. ἡ κτῆσις παραγίγνεται D.23.113.    B Prep. with dat. (freq. with part. added), at the same time with, together with, ἅμ' ἠοῖ φαινομένηφι at dawn, Il.9.682, al.; ἅ. ἕῳ, ἅ. ἕῳ γιγνομένῃ, Th.1.48, 4.32; ἅμ' ἠελίῳ ἀνιόντι or καταδύντι at sunrise or sunset, Il.18.136,210, al.; ἅμ' ἡμέρῃ διαφωσκούσῃ Hdt.3.86, al.; ἅμ' ἡμέρᾳ E.El.78, Th.2.94, etc., Att.; ἅμ' ἦρι ἀρχομένῳ or ἅ. ἦρι at beginning of spring, Th.5.20, 2.2, etc.; ἅ. κήδεϊ κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς during the time of . ., Hdt.2.36; ἅ. τειχισμῷ Th.7.20; ἅμα τῷ διαυγάζειν Plb.3.104.5 (without Art. ἅμα εὑρεθῆναι Ps.-Plu.Fluv.23.2).    2 generally, together with, ἅ. τινὶ στείχειν Il.16.257; ὀπάσσαι 24.461, al.; Ἑλένην καὶ κτήμαθ' ἅμ' αὐτῇ 3.458; ἅ. πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο keeping pace with the wind, Od.1.98; repeated, ἅμ' αὐτῷ . . ἅμ' ἕποντο 11.371; οἱ ἅ. Θόαντι Hdt.6.138, cf. Th.7.57.    II rarely c. gen., Herod.4.95, POxy.903 (iv A. D.), Pythag.Sim.28, Olymp.Hist. p.453 D.; dub. in Thphr.Char.6.9.    C Conj., as soon as, ἅ. ἂν ἡβήσῃ τις τῶν ὀρφανῶν Pl.Lg.928c, cf. Lex ap.D.46.20; ἅ. κα διεξέλθῃ ὁ χρόνος GDI2160 (Delph., ii B. C.). (Root sṃ-, cf. A α 11.)