πάλαι
Κακὸν φέρουσι καρπὸν οἱ κακοὶ φίλοι → Evil friends bear evil fruit → Malo ex amico fructus oritur pessimus → Ertrag, den schlechte Freunde bringen, der ist schlecht
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], Adv.
A long ago, π. οὔ τι νέον γε Il.9.527; π. κοὐ νεωστί S. El.1049; π. πολλὰ ἤδη ἔτη Pl.Ap.18b; π. ποτέ once upon a time, Ar. Pl.1002, Pl.Criti.110a: freq. with pres. of an act lasting to the pres., ὁρῶ . . π. I have long seen, S.Aj.5; ἰχνεύω π. ib.20, cf. Ph.589, Pl. Men.91a, Ar.Pl.257, etc.; but, π. ποτ' ὄντες ye who were long ago, Id.V.1060: also with pf., τέθνηχ' ὑμῖν π. S.Ph.1030, cf. A.Pr.998, Ar.Nu.556: with impf. of an act lasting to a past time, ἔχεν π. had long been holding it, Il.23.871, cf. Eup.11; ἔχεις π. ὧν ἐπεθύμεις Theoc.10.17: with Art., τὸ π. Hdt.1.5, 7.74,95,142, Th.1.5, etc.; ἀπὸ π. BGU1036.24 (ii A. D.). 2 like an Adj. with Art. and Noun, οἱ π. φῶτες men of old, Pi.I.2.1; Κάδμου τοῦ π. νέα τροφή S.OT1; τοῦ πρόσθε Κάδμου τοῦ π. τ' Ἀγήνορος ib.268; τὰ καινὰ τοῖς π. τεκμαίρεται ib.916, cf. Tr.1165, El.1490, etc.; τὰ π. D.19.276 (nisi leg. παλαί') ; οἱ π. the ancients, opp. οἱ νῦν, Arist.Metaph.1069a29. II before, opp. the present, sts. of time just past, ἠμὲν π. ἠδ' ἔτι καὶ νῦν Il.9.105, cf. S.Ant.181: hence, not long ago, just now, like ἄρτι, οἱ π. λόγοι A.Pr.845; ὁ π. λόγος the reason just given, Arist.Pol.1282a15, cf. 1282b7; π. σοὶ ἔλεγον X.Oec.19.17, cf. 18.10; but opp. ἄρτι, Pl. Tht.142a.
