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ἤδη

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἤδη

Etym.: related to nu=n, as Lat. jam to nunc

Sense

  1. (of the immediate past) by this time, before this, already
  2. (of a local relation)

Examples

  • εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐβραδύναμεν, ἤδη ἂν ὑπεστρέψαμεν δίσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:9)
  • ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. ἤδη ὄψει ἃ ποιήσω τῷ Φαραώ. ἐν γὰρ χειρὶ κραταιᾷ ἐξαποστελεῖ αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ ἐκβαλεῖ αὐτοὺσ ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 6:1)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. μὴ χεὶρ Κυρίου οὐκ ἐξαρκέσει̣ ἤδη γνώσῃ εἰ ἐπικαταλήψεταί σε ὁ λόγοσ μου ἢ οὔ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:23)
  • καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀαρών, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Μωυσῆσ, καὶ ἔδραμεν εἰσ τὴν συναγωγήν. καὶ ἤδη ἐνῆρκτο ἡ θραῦσισ ἐν τῷ λαῷ. καὶ ἐπέβαλε τὸ θυμίαμα καὶ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 17:12)
  • καὶ εἶπε Βαλαὰμ τῇ ὄνῳ. ὅτι ἐμπέπαιχάσ μοι. καὶ εἰ εἶχον μάχαιραν ἐν τῇ χειρί, ἤδη ἂν ἐξεκέντησά σε. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:29)

Synonyms

  1. by this time

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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