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|Definition=(not in Hom.), Aeol. κῆ Sapph.51 : Dor. τηνεῖ (q.v.):—Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">there, in that place</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐνθάδε</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.83</span> ; οἱ ἐ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>685</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τἀκεῖ</b> <b class="b2">what is</b> or <b class="b2">happens there, events there</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>578.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.90</span> ; redundant, οὗ ἦν ἐ. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>9.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. as euphem. for <b class="b3">ἐν Ἅιδου</b>, <b class="b2">in another world</b>, κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀμπλακήματα Ζεὺς ἄλλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>230</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>359</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>76</span> ; εὐδαιμονοίτην, ἀλλ'ἐ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1073</span> ; εὔκολος μὲν ἐνθάδ', εὔκολος δ' ἐκεῖ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>64a</span>, al. ; in full, ἐκεῖ δ' ἐν Ἅιδου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>418</span> ; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐ</b>. euphem. for <b class="b2">the dead</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>355</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>776</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 427b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.14.61</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Philos., [[in the intelligible world]], <span class="bibl">Plot.1.2.7</span>, <span class="bibl">2.4.5</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> with Verbs of motion, for <b class="b3">ἐκεῖσε</b>, [[thither]], ἐ. πλέομεν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.147</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἀπικέσθαι</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Id.9.108</span> ; ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1019</span> ; οἱ ἐ. καταπεφευγότες <span class="bibl">Th.3.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.5.101.10</span> ; βλέψον δὲ κἀκεῖ <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>103</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> rarely, of Time, [[then]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>395</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">D.22.38</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adv.<br />Meaning: [[there]], [[to there]] (Hdt.)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">κεῖ</b> (Archil., Herod.), <b class="b3">κῆ</b> (Sapph.), an old instr. From there (<b class="b3">ἐ)κεῖθι</b>, <b class="b3">κῆθι</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>, (<b class="b3">ἐ)κεῖθεν</b> <b class="b2">from there</b>, (<b class="b3">ἐ)κεῖσε</b><br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [609] <b class="b2">*(h₁)e-ḱe(i)-</b> [[there]]<br />Etymology: Ending as in <b class="b3">πεῖ</b>, <b class="b3">πῆ</b> <b class="b2">where?</b>, <b class="b3">τεῖ-δε</b>, <b class="b3">τῆ-δε</b> [[here]] etc. (Schwyzer 549f.) and like these prob. an old locative . The basis is a deictic particle, IE <b class="b2">*ḱe</b>, <b class="b2">*ḱi</b>, seen e.g. in Lat. <b class="b2">ce-do</b>, <b class="b2">hi-c</b>, <b class="b2">ci-s</b> and with pronomin. function in Hitt. [[ki]] [[this]], Lith. <b class="b2">šì-s</b> [[this]] etc. (s. W.-Hofmann s. <b class="b2">-ce</b>; s. also <b class="b3">τήμερον</b>); the 3rd person deixis must then be a Greek innovation _(cf. on <b class="b3">ἐκεῖνος</b>). The initial <b class="b3">ἐ-</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ἐ-κεῖνος</b>, <b class="b3">ἐ-χθές</b>) too is an inherited demonstrative particle: Oskc. <b class="b2">e-tanto</b> [[tanta]], Russ. <b class="b2">é-tot</b> [[this]], Skt. <b class="b2">a-sáu</b> [[that]] (s. <b class="b3">οὗτος</b>; Pok. 283f.).