λοιπός
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (λείπω)
A remaining over, not in Hom., freq.from Pi. and Hdt. downwards; λ. βίοτος Pi.O.1.97; λ.εὐχαί ib.4.15; λ.γένος ib.2.15; also λοιποί descendants, Id.I.4(3).39: in Prose the Art. is commonly added, and ὁ λ. either agrees with the Noun or takes a dependent genitive, αἱ λ. τῶν νεῶν Th.7.72; τὴν λοιπὴν (sc. ὁδὸν) πορευσόμεθα X.An.3.4.46; τὸ λ. τῆς ἡμέρας ib.16, etc. 2 λοιπόν [ἐστι] c. inf., it remains to show, etc., ἀποδεικνύναι, διελέσθαι, etc., Id.Smp.4.1, Pl.R.466d, etc.: also c. Art., τὸ λ. ἤδη ἡμῖν ἐστι σκέψασθαι, πότερον what remains for us is to... ib.444e; διανομὴ τοίνυν τὸ λ. σοι ib.535a: without inf., ὃ δὲ λ. quod superest, A.Ag.1571 (lyr.); ὅ τι λ. πόνων Id.Pr.684; τὸ εὐπρεπείας πέρι . . λοιπόν Pl.Phdr.274b. 3 freq. of Time, ὁ λ. χρόνος the future, Pi.N.7.67; πρὸς τὸν λοιπὸν τοῦ χρόνου D.15.16; τὸν λ. χρόνον for the future, S.Ph.84; τοῦ λ. χρόνου Id.El.817; εἰς τὸν λ. χρόνον Pl.Ep.358b; ἐκ τοῦ λ. χρόνου D.59.46: so without Subst. in neut., τὸ λ. henceforward, hereafter, Pi.P.5.118, A.Eu.1031, S.OT795, etc.; τὸ λ. εἰς ἅπαντα . . χρόνον A.Eu.763; τὰ λ. Id.Th.66, S.El.1226, Th.8.21; ἐς τὸ λ. A.Pers.526, Eu.708, cf. Inscr.Prien.64 (ii B. C.); also τοῦ λ. Hdt.1.189, Ar.Pax1084; ἐκ τοῦ λ. X. HG3.4.9; ἐκ τῶν λ. Pl.Lg.709e, Ep.316d; καθεύδετε τὸ λ. sleep now . ., Ev.Matt.26.45, Ev.Marc.14.41; ἑσπέρα δὲ ἦν λ. καὶ . . it was now evening, Jul.Or.1.24c. 4 τὸ λ. and τὰ λ. the rest, A.Pr.476, 697, 699. etc.; καὶ τὰ λ., = 'etc.', Aristeas 190, Plu.2.1084c, etc.; also λοιπόν without the Art., as Adv., for the rest, further, and so freq., = ἤδη, already, λ. δή Pl.Prt.321c; αἰσχρὸν δὴ τὸ λ. γίγνεται Id.Grg. 458d. 5 λοιπόν, Adv. then, well then, Plb.1.15.11, al., Dsc.2.83, Arr.Epict.1.24.1; οὐδεμία λ. ἀμφισβήτησίς ἐστιν BGU969.19 (ii A. D.). b finally, λ., ἀδελφοί, χαίρετε 2 Ep.Cor.13.11.