ἔπειτα

ἔπειτα, [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Dor. [full] ἔπειτε( [full] ν) (q.v.), Adv., ([etym.] ἐπί, εἶτα):

I of mere Sequence, without any notion of cause, thereupon, thereafter, then, freq. from Hom. downwds., as Il.1.48, 2.169, etc.: when in strong opposition to the former act or state, with past tenses, thereafter, afterwards; with future, hereafter,

ἢ πέφατ' ἢ καὶ ἔ. πεφήσεται Il.15.140

; opp. αὐτίκα νῦν, 23.551; ὃς δ' ἔπειτ' ἔφυ, opp. ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν, A.Ag.171 (lyr.): in Hom.freq. with other Advs.,

αὐτίκ' ἔ. Il.5.214

; αἶψα, ὦκα ἔ., 24.783, 18.527; even

ἔνθα . . ἔ. Od.10.297

;

δὴ ἔ. 8.378

: usu. with reference to a former act, just then, at the time, 1.106; freq. in narrative,

πρῶτα μὲν . ., αὐτὰρ ἔ. Il.16.497

; πρῶτον μέν . ., folld. by ἔ. δέ . ., Th.2.55, Pl.Ap.18a, etc.; by ἔ. alone, Th.1.33, etc.; by ἔ. δέ . . ἔ. δέ . . ἔ . . ., X.Cyr.1.3.14; ἐπεὶ δέ . . ἔ . . . ἔ . . . ἔ. δέ, ib.8.3.24, al.;

πρὶν μέν . ., ἔ. δέ . . S.El.724

;

ἔ. γε Pl.Tht.147c

, etc., f.l. in Ar.Th. 556; κἄπειτα, freq. in Trag., S.Aj.61, 305, etc.

2 c. Art., τὸ ἔ. what follows,

τό τ' ἔ. καὶ τὸ μέλλον καὶ τὸ πρίν Id.Ant.611

(lyr.);

τά τε πρῶτα, τά τ' ἔ., ὅσα τ' ἔμελλε τυχεῖν E.IT1265

(lyr.);

οἱ ἔ.

future generations,

A.Eu.672

;

ὁ ἔ. βίος Pl.Phd.116a

;

εἰς τὸν ἔ. χρόνον Id.Phlb.39e

, X.Cyr.1.5.9, OGI90.43 (Rosetta, ii B.C.);

ἡ ἐς τὸ ἔ. δόξα Th.2.64

;

ἐν τῷ ἔ. Pl.Phd.67d

;

ἐκ τοῦ ποτὲ εἰς τὸ ἔ. Id.Prm. 152b

.

3 like εἶτα, with a finite Verb after a participle, μειδήσασα δ' ἔ. ἑῷ ἐγκάτθετο κόλπῳ she smiled and then placed it in her bosom, Il.14.223, cf. 11.730, etc.: freq. in Trag. and [dialect] Att., A.Th.267, Eu.29, Pl.Phd.82c: so freq. when part. and Verb are opposed, marking surprise or the like , and then, and yet, nevertheless,

τὸ μητρὸς αἷμα . . ἐκχέας πέδοι ἔ. δώματ' οἰκήσει πατρός; A.Eu.654

, cf. 438;

χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις ἁλοὺς ἔ. τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ S.Ant.496

;

ὅστις ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστὼν ἔ. μὴ κατ' ἄνθρωπον φρονῇ Id.Aj.761

;

εἰ πτωχὸς ὢν ἔπειτ' ἐν Ἀθηναίοις λέγειν μέλλω Ar.Ach.498

, cf. Av.29, Pl.Grg.519e, Prt.319d: adversatively, answering

μέν, πολλάκις μὲν ὥρμα . ., ἔ . . . διεκωλύετο Id.R.336b

;

ἔτι μὲν ἐνεχείρησα . ., ἔ . . . Id.Prt.310c

, etc.; also κἄπειτα after a part., Ar.Nu.624, Av.536; cf.

εἶτα 1.2

.

4 in apodosi (never at the beginning of the clause; in Hom. freq. strengthd. by other Particles):

a after a Temporal Conj., then, thereafter, ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ πειρήσαντο, ὀρχείσθην δὴ ἔ. when they had done playing at ball, then they danced, Od.8.378; after ἐπεί, Il.16.247;

ἐπὴν . . δὴ ἔ. Od.11.121

; ὁπότε, Il.18.545; ὅτε, 3.223;

ὡς . . ἄρ' ἔ. 10.522

;

ἦμος . . καὶ τότ' ἔ. 1.478

.

b after a Conditional Conj., then surely, εἰ δ' ἐτεὸν δὴ . . ἀγορεύεις, ἐξ ἄρα δή τοι ἔ. θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν if thou speakest sooth, then of a surety have the gods infatuated thee, 7.360, cf. 10.453, Od.1.290, etc.; so after ἤν, Il.9.394; also when the apodosis takes the form of a question, εἰ μὲν δὴ ἕταρόν γε κελεύετέ μ' αὐτὸν ἑλέσθαι, πῶς ἂν ἔ. Ὀδυσῆος λαθοίμην; how can I in such a case? 10.243; when a condition is implied in relat. Pron., ὃν ( = εἴ τινα)

μέν κ' ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν, οὔ τις ἔ. τόν γ' εἴσεται 1.547

; ὃν ( = εἴ τινα)

δέ κ' ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω μιμνάζειν, οὔ οἱ ἔ. ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται 2.392

.

II of Sequence in thought, i.e. Consequence or Inference, then, therefore,

ξεῖν', ἐπεὶ ἂρ δὴ ἔ . . . μενεαίνεις Od.17.185

, cf. Il.15.49, 18.357;

οὐ σύ γ' ἔ. Τυδέος ἔκγονός ἐσσι 5.812

; rarely at the beginning,

ἔπειθ' ἑλοῦ γε θάτερα S.El.345

.

2 in telling a story, νῆσος ἔ. τις ἔστι now, there is an island, Od.4.354, cf. 9.116.

3 in [dialect] Att. freq. to introduce emphatic questions, why then . . ?

ἔ. τοῦ δέει; Ar.Pl.827

, cf. Th.188, Nu.226; mostly to express surprise, or to sneer, and so forsooth . .? and so really . .? ἔ. οὐκ οἴει φροντίζειν [τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων]; X.Mem.1.4.11; so

κἄπειτα E. Med.1398

(anap.), Ar.Ach.126, Av.963, X.Smp.4.2; freq. with δῆτα added,

ἔ. δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις; Ar.Av.911

, cf. 1217, Lys.985, E.Alc.822.