ἅπαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰπ], Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[once]], [[once only]], [[once for all]], first in Od., ὅτε τ' ἄλλοι ἅ. θνῄσκουσ' ἄνθρωποι 12.22; <b class="b3">ἅ... ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι</b> ib.350; ἀπαλλάχθηθ' ἅ. E.''Cyc.''600; <b class="b3">οὐχ ἅ. μόνον</b> more than [[once]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''211; ἅ... κοὐχὶ δίς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1208; πολλάκις καὶ οὐχὶ ἅ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.46; πολλάκις τε κοὐχ ἅ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1275; μὴ ἅ. ἀλλὰ πολλάκις Antipho 1.3, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''711a; μὴ δίς, ἀλλ' ἅ. μόνον [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Politica|Pol.]]''1299a10; of the self-creation of Νοῦς, τὴν ποίησιν αὑτοῦ.. ἅ. εἶναι Plot.6.8.21; <b class="b3">ἅ. ἔτι</b> [[yet]] this [[once]], A.''Ag.''1322; <b class="b3">τὸ ἅ. τοῦτο</b> [[at]] this [[moment]], [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''17.7; <b class="b3">ἅ. δυοῖν ποδοῖν</b>, i.e. [[two]] square feet (1 x 2), opp. <b class="b3">δυοῖν δίς</b> (2 x 2), [[four]], Pl.''Men.''82c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">ἅ. τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, ἔτεος ἑκάστου ἅ.</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.59, 4.105; also ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἅ. Id.2.132.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[once on a time]], [[formerly]], ἅ. καὶ ἅ. [[LXX]] ''Jd.''20.30.<br><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, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''307. cf. 923; ἢν ἅ. ἁλῷ Id.''V.''898, cf. ''Av.''342; ἂν ἅ. τις ἀποθάνῃ Amphis 8; ἐπειδήπερ γ' ἅ. ἐμοὶ σεαυτὸν παραδέδωκας Ar.''V.''1129; ἐπεὶ ἅ. ἐταράχθησαν Th.7.44; ὡς ἅ. ἤρξατο X.''HG''5.4.58; ἐπεὶ ἅ. αὐτοῖς φίλος ἐγένετο Id.''An.''1.9.10, cf. 3.2.25, Isoc.12.242; ὡς ἅ. ἐγκλήματα ἐταράχθη D.18.151: so with part., ἐπὶ γᾶν ἅ. πεσὸν… αἷμα A.''Ag.''1019(lyr.); ἅ. θανόντος οὔτις ἔστ' ἀνάστασις Id.''Eu.''648; ἅ. ἐλθόντες Pl.''Prm.''165e, cf. ''Ep.Hebr.''6.4, etc. (<b class="b3">ἁ-</b> = [[sṃ]] (cf. [[εἷς]]) ; <b class="b3">-παξ</b> akin to [[πήγνυμι]].)