Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τηνικάδε

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τηνικάδε

Sense

  1. at this time of day, so early

Examples

  • Σωκράτησ δὲ καὶ πολλάκισ κατελαμβάνετο διαπεριπατῶν ἑσπέρασ βαθείασ πρὸ τῆσ οἰκίασ καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ πυνθανομένουσ τί τηνικάδε ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 4535)
  • καὶ ἐπὶ θέαν τηνικάδε πορεύεσθαι ἄγων τοὺσ υἱεῖσ, ἡνίκα προῖκ’ ἀφιᾶσιν οἱ θεατρῶναι. (Theophrastus, Characters, 6:1)
  • τί τηνικάδε ἀφῖξαι, ὦ Κρίτων; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 2:1)
  • ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον φοβοῦμαι μὴ αὔριον τηνικάδε οὐκέτι ᾖ ἀνθρώπων οὐδεὶσ ἀξίωσ οἱο͂́σ τε τοῦτο ποιῆσαι. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 342:2)
  • "ἔστι δὲ τί, καὶ τοῦ ἕνεκα τηνικάδε ἀφίκου; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 9:5)

Synonyms

  1. at this time of day

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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