ἅπαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">[ᾰπ</b>], Adv. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">once, once only, once for all</b>, first in Od., ὅτε τ' ἄλλοι ἅ. θνῄσκουσ' ἄνθρωποι <span class="bibl">12.22</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. . . ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">350</span>; ἀπαλλάχθηθ' ἅ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>600</span>; <b class="b3">οὐχ ἅ. μόνον</b> more than [[once]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>211</span>; ἅ. . . κοὐχὶ δίς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1208</span>; πολλάκις καὶ οὐχὶ ἅ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.46</span>; πολλάκις τε κοὐχ ἅ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1275</span>; μὴ ἅ. ἀλλὰ πολλάκις <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>711a</span>; μὴ δίς, ἀλλ' ἅ. μόνον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1299a10</span>; of the self-creation of Νοῦς, τὴν ποίησιν αὑτοῦ . . ἅ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">Plot.6.8.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. ἔτι</b> [[yet]] this [[once]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1322</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἅ. τοῦτο</b> [[at]] this [[moment]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">2 Ki.</span>17.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. δυοῖν ποδοῖν</b>, i.e. [[two]] square feet (<span class="bibl">1 x 2</span>), opp. <b class="b3">δυοῖν δίς</b> (<span class="bibl">2 x 2</span>), [[four]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>82c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">ἅ. τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, ἔτεος ἑκάστου ἅ</b>., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.59</span>, <span class="bibl">4.105</span>; also ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἅ. <span class="bibl">Id.2.132</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[once on a time]], [[formerly]], ἅ. καὶ ἅ. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>20.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> without any notion of number, after conditional and temporal Particles, if [[once]], when [[once]], <b class="b3">εἴπερ ἐσπείσω γ' ἅ</b>. if [[once]] you have made a treaty, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>307</span>. cf. <span class="bibl">923</span>; ἢν ἅ. ἁλῷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>898</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>342</span>; ἂν ἅ. τις ἀποθάνῃ <span class="bibl">Amphis 8</span>; ἐπειδήπερ γ' ἅ. ἐμοὶ σεαυτὸν παραδέδωκας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1129</span>; ἐπεὶ ἅ. ἐταράχθησαν <span class="bibl">Th.7.44</span>; ὡς ἅ. ἤρξατο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.58</span>; ἐπεὶ ἅ. αὐτοῖς φίλος ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.2.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.242</span>; ὡς ἅ. ἐγκλήματα ἐταράχθη <span class="bibl">D.18.151</span>: so with part., ἐπὶ γᾶν ἅ. πεσὸν… αἷμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1019</span>(lyr.); ἅ. θανόντος οὔτις ἔστ' ἀνάστασις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>648</span>; ἅ. ἐλθόντες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>165e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>6.4</span>, etc. (<b class="b3">ἁ-</b> = [[sṃ]] (cf. [[εἷς]]) <b class="b3">; -παξ</b> akin to [[πήγνυμι]].) </span>