ἤδη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv.:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[already]], [[by this time]], <b class="b3">νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει</b> 'tis [[already]] night, Il.7.282; <b class="b3">ἤ. Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ' ἐφῆπται</b> ib.402: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος Od.2.89; τρίτην ἤ. ἡμέραν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 309d; ἔτος τόδ' ἤ. δέκατον S.''Ph.''312; <b class="b3">ἦν δ' ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον</b> ib.354; τελοῦντες ἕκτον ἕβδομόν τ' ἤ. δρόμον Id.''El.''726; ἤ. γὰρ πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος Id.''Aj.''1402.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[forthwith]], [[immediately]], φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας Il.3.98; λέξον νῦν με τάχιστα, ὄφρα καὶ ἤδη.. ταρπώμεθα κοιμηθέντες Il.24.635, cf. Od.4.294; ἤ. νῦν.. μεγάλ' εὔχεο Il.16.844; <b class="b3">στείχοις ἂν ἤ.</b> S.''Tr.''624; <b class="b3">ἤδη.. στέλλεσθε</b>; Id.''Ph.''466; <b class="b3">μετὰ τοῦτ' ἤ.</b> Ar.''Th.''655; <b class="b3">ἤ. ποτέ</b> [[now at length]], Mitteis ''Chr.''87.8 (ii A.D.); on the verso of a letter, [[urgent]], [[immediate]], [[PCair. Zen]].154 (iii B.C.); ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ ''PMag.Osl.''1.319.<br><span class="bld">3</span> opp. [[to the future or past]], [[actually]], [[now]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλ' ὕπαρ ἤ.</b> Od.20.90; τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἤ., τοῖς δ' ἐν ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ S.''OC''614; <b class="b3">οἱ μὲν τάχ', οἱ δ' ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δ' ἤ.</b> E.''Supp.''551; <b class="b3">οὐ τάχ', ἀλλ' ἤ.</b> Ar.''Ra.''527; <b class="b3">ἡ ἤ. χάρις</b> [[present]] favour, D.23.134; τὸ ἤ. κολάζειν X.''An.''7.7.24.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of logical proximity, ἤ. γὰρ ἂν προστίθεσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''201e; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἤ. συγκείμενα</b> ib.202b; πᾶς ἤ. ἂν εὕροι Id.''R.''398c; ἃν σὺ ὁμολογήσῃς, ταῦτ' ἤ. ἐστὶν αὐτὰ τἀληθῆ Id.''Grg.''486e; <b class="b3">τοῦτο τοὔπος δεινὸν ἤ.</b> [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''315; <b class="b3">τὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα διαφθείραντα ταῦτ' ἐστὶν ἤ.</b> D.19.19.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">καὶ ἤ.</b> and [[further]], [[as well]], <b class="b3">ἐμέ τε καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλ' ἤ.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''159b, cf. S.E.''P.''1.53,219, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[for instance]], Aen. Tact.4.1, 10.25.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[only then]], [[then and not before]], τότ' ἤδη [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''911, Isoc. 12.25, ''Ep.''6.9; <b class="b3">ἐνταῦθ' ἤ.</b> Aeschin.3.140; κακοπαθοῦντες ἤ. τῶν λόγων ἅπτονται Th.1.78.<br><span class="bld">5</span> with Sup., <b class="b3">ὦ πάντων ἀνδρῶν ἤ. μάλιστα.. κτησάμενε</b> [[up to this time]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.106; μέγιστος ἤ. διάπλους Th.6.31: with Comp., ἤδη.. λόγου μέζων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.148.<br><span class="bld">II</span> joined with other words of time, <b class="b3">ἤ. νῦν</b> [[now already]], Il.1.456, A.''Ag.''1578; <b class="b3">νῦν ἤ.</b> Od.23.54, S.''Ant.''801 (anap.); ἤ. ποτέ Il.1.260, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1142, Ar.''Nu.''346; <b class="b3">ποτ' ἤ.</b> A.''Eu.''50; ἤ. πώποτε Eup.214, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 493d; <b class="b3">πάλαι ἤ.</b> S.''OC''510 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἤ. τότε</b> [[even then]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 417b; <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ ἤ.</b> Od.4.260; <b class="b3">εἰ ἤ.</b> Il.22.52; <b class="b3">τὸ τηνίκ' ἤ.</b> S.''OC''440; <b class="b3">τὸ λοιπὸν ἤ.</b> Id.''Ph.''454; ἄλλοτε ἤ. πολλάκις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 507a; <b class="b3">ἤ. γε</b> even [[now]], D.19.52.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of place, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤ. Αἴγυπτος</b> after this Egypt begins, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.5, cf. 2.15,4.99, E.''Hipp.''1200; Φωκεῦσιν ἤ. ὅμορος ἡ Βοιωτία ἐστίν Th.3.95. (In general, cf. Arist.''Ph.''222b7.)<br><span class="bld">ἤδη</span>, ἤδης, ἤδησθα, v. [[Εἴδω]]. ἥδιστος, ἡδίων, Sup. and Comp. of [[ἡδύς]].