ἤδη,
adverb:
1)
already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει 'tis
already night, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦν δ᾽ ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον[
Refs]
2)
forthwith, immediately, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; στείχοις ἂν ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδη. στέλλεσθ; [
Refs]; μετὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤ. ποτέ
now at length, Mitteis [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; on the verso of a letter,
urgent, immediate, PCair. Zen.154 [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ [
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3) opposed to to the future or past,
actually, now, οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἤ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ μὲν τάχ᾽, οἱ δ᾽ ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δ᾽ ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τάχ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἤ. χάρις
present favour, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) of logical proximity, ἤ. γὰρ ἂν προστίθεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἤ. συγκείμενα[
Refs]; τοῦτο τοὔπος δεινὸν ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα διαφθείραντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἤ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4.b) καὶ ἤ. and
further, as well, ἐμέ τε καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλ᾽ ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4.c)
for instance, [
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4.d)
only then, then and not before, τότ᾽ ἤδη [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνταῦθ᾽ ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5) with
superlative, ὦ πάντων ἀνδρῶν ἤ. μάλιστα. κτησάμενε
up to this time, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
comparative, ἤδη. λόγου μέζων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) joined with other words of time, ἤ. νῦν
now already, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῦν ἤ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποτ᾽ ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάλαι ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤ. τότε
even then, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπεὶ ἤ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰ ἤ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ τηνίκ᾽ ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λοιπὸν ἤ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤ. γε even
now, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III) of place, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤ. Αἴγυπτος after this Egypt begins, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]