ἀεί,
adverb ever, always, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; with other specifications of time, ἐμμενὲς αἰεί[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀ, ἀ. καὶ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, ἀ. κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτόν, ἀ. διὰ βίου, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεῦρ᾽ ἀεί
until now, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰεί κοτε, ποτε
from of old, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare εἰσαεί:—with the
Article, ὁ ἀ. χρόνος
eternity, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀ. ὄντες the
immortals, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —but ὁ αἰ. βασιλεύων the king
for the time being, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ αἰ. ἐντὸς γιγνόμενος
every one as he got inside, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖσι τούτων αἰ. ἐκγόνοισι to their descendants
for ever, [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
Et.Gud.z):
1) αἰεί,
Epic dialect,
Ionic dialect, poetical, and Early
Attic dialect [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) ἀεί [ᾰ three times in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], ᾱ?~X
Attic dialect] normal in
Attic dialect Inscrr. from [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3) αἰέν, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
4)
Doric dialect αἰές, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἀές, [
Refs]
5)
Aeolic dialect αἶι(ν), ἄιν, Hdn.Gr.[same place];[
Refs]
6) αἰέ, Hdn.Gr. [prev. cited]
7) ἀέ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (ᾰἐ); compare ἀέ-ναος.
8)
Boeotian dialect ἠί, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
9)
Tarentum dialect αἰή, [
Refs]
II) τὸ ἀ.
eternity, τὸ ἀ. τοῦτο οὐκ αἰώνιόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ χρονικόν[
Refs 1st c.AD+] = ἕως in
Attic dialect is based on misinterpretation of such phrases as ἐς τόνδε αἰ. τὸν πόλεμον[
Refs 5th c.BC+], cf. Latin
aevum.)