ἐξαίφνης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[on a sudden]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.738</span>, <span class="bibl">21.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.52</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 1077</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1610</span>, etc.: c. part., [[ψυχὴν θεωρεῖν ἐξαίφνης ἀποθανόντος ἑκάστου]] = [[beholding the soul of each immediately upon his death]] (the moment that he is dead), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>523e</span>; [[ἀκούσαντι ἐξαίφνης]] = [[at first hearing]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>396b</span>: c. Art., τό γ' ἐ. <span class="bibl">D.18.153</span>; but [[τὸ ἐξαίφνης]] = [[the instantaneous]], that which is between [[motion]] and [[rest]], and not in the time-series, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>156d</span>; but, = [[τὸ ἐν ἀναισθήτῳ χρόνῳ διὰ μικρότητα ἐκστάν]] = [[what has departed from its former condition in a time imperceptible because of its smallness]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>222b15</span>.</span>