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|Definition=Ion. [[εἶτεν]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]], cf. <b class="b3">ἔπειτα, -εν</b>), Adv., used to denote the Sequence of one act or state upon another:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of Sequence in time, without any notion of Cause, [[then]], [[next]], πρῶτα μέν.., εἶτα.. S.''El.''262, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''251a, etc.; [[soon]], [[presently]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''452; <b class="b3">εἶτα τί τοῦτο</b>; [[well]], what then? Ar.''Nu.''347, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 309a; <b class="b3">εἶτα.. τότε</b> then.. after that, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]'' 1036 codd. (fort. [[τόδε]]): freq. repeated, sometimes alternating with [[ἔπειτα]], [[then..]], [[next..]], [[then..]], [[after]] that.., etc., Men.154, etc.; with [[πάλιν]], ''SIG''1171; <b class="b3">εἶτ' οὖν</b> [[also]], Sch.Pi.''O.''7.68.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with finite Verb after a part., expressing surprise or incongruity, [[and then]], [[and yet]], μή μοι προτείνων κέρδος εἶτ' ἀποστέρει [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''777; ἆρα κλύουσα, μῆτερ, εἶτ' ἔρξεις κακῶς; E.''El.''1058, cf. S.''El.''53, ''Aj.'' 468, 1092, 1094, X.''An.''1.2.25, etc.; cf. [[ἔπειτα]] 1.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to denote Consequence, [[and so]], [[therefore]], [[accordingly;]] especially in questions or exclamations to express surprise, indignation, contempt, sarcasm, and the like, and then..? and so..? κᾆτ' οὐ δέχονται λιτάς; S.''Ant.'' 1019, cf. ''OC''418; εἶτ' ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ φρονῶ; E.''Andr.''666; <b class="b3">κᾆτα ποῦ' στιν ἡ δίκη</b>; Id.''Ph.''548; εἶτ' ἐσίγας, Πλοῦτος ὤν; Ar.''Pl.''79; εἶτ' ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊέναι; Id.''Nu.''1214; εἶτ' οὐκ αἰσχύνεσθε; D.1.24, cf. Pl.''Ap.''28b; οὐκ οἴεσθε δεῖν χρήματα εἰσφέρειν, εἶτα θαυμάζετε..; D. 21.203; εἶτ' οὐκ ἐπῳδούς φασιν ἰσχύειν τινές; Antiph. 217.15; εἶτ' οὐ περίεργόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φυτόν; Alex.141.1, etc.