ἐξαίφνης: Difference between revisions

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