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|Definition=[ᾰ], Adv. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[long ago]], π. οὔ τι νέον γε <span class="bibl">Il.9.527</span>; π. κοὐ νεωστί <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">El.</span>1049</span>; π. πολλὰ ἤδη ἔτη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>18b</span>; <b class="b3">π. ποτέ</b> [[once upon a time]], <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>1002</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>110a</span>: freq. with pres. of an act lasting to the pres., <b class="b3">ὁρῶ… π</b>. I have [[long]] seen, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>5</span>; <b class="b3">ἰχνεύω π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>589</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Men.</span>91a</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>257</span>, etc.; but, <b class="b3">π. ποτ' ὄντες</b> ye who were [[long ago]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>1060</span>: also with pf., τέθνηχ' ὑμῖν π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1030</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>998</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>556</span>: with impf. of an act lasting to a past time, <b class="b3">ἔχεν π</b>. had [[long]] been holding it, <span class="bibl">Il.23.871</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eup.11</span>; ἔχεις π. ὧν ἐπεθύμεις <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.17</span>: with Art., τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">7.74</span>,<span class="bibl">95</span>,<span class="bibl">142</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>, etc.; ἀπὸ π. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1036.24</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> like an Adj. with Art. and Noun, <b class="b3">οἱ π. φῶτες</b> men [[of old]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>2.1</span>; Κάδμου τοῦ π. νέα τροφή <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ πρόσθε Κάδμου τοῦ π. τ' Ἀγήνορος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">268</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ καινὰ τοῖς π. τεκμαίρεται</b> ib.<span class="bibl">916</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1165</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>1490</span>, etc.; τὰ π. <span class="bibl">D.19.276</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">παλαί'</b>) <b class="b3">; οἱ π</b>. the [[ancients]], opp. <b class="b3">οἱ νῦν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1069a29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[before]], opp. the present, sts. of time [[just past]], ἠμὲν π. ἠδ' ἔτι καὶ νῦν <span class="bibl">Il.9.105</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>181</span>: hence, [[not long ago]], [[just now]], like [[ἄρτι]], οἱ π. λόγοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>845</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ π. λόγος</b> the reason [[just]] given, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1282a15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1282b7</span>; π. σοὶ ἔλεγον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.10</span>; but opp. [[ἄρτι]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>142a</span>.</span>