- πάλαι
- πάλαι [pron. full] [ᾰ], Adv.A long ago,
π. οὔ τι νέον γε Il.9.527
;π. κοὐ νεωστί S. El.1049
;π. πολλὰ ἤδη ἔτη Pl.Ap.18b
; π. ποτέ once upon a time, Ar. Pl.1002, Pl.Criti.110a: freq. with [tense] pres. of an act lasting to the [tense] pres., ὁρῶ . . π. I have long seen, S.Aj.5; ἰχνεύω π. ib.20, cf. Ph.589, Pl. Men.91a, Ar.Pl.257, etc.; but, π. ποτ' ὄντες ye who were long ago, Id.V.1060: also with [tense] pf.,τέθνηχ' ὑμῖν π. S.Ph.1030
, cf. A.Pr.998, Ar.Nu.556: with [tense] impf. of an act lasting to a past time, ἔχεν π. had long been holding it, Il.23.871, cf. Eup.11;ἔχεις π. ὧν ἐπεθύμεις Theoc.10.17
: with Art.,τὸ π. Hdt.1.5
, 7.74,95,142, Th.1.5, etc.;ἀπὸ π. BGU1036.24
(ii A. D.).2 like an Adj. with Art. and Noun, οἱ π. φῶτες men of old, Pi.I.2.1;Κάδμου τοῦ π. νέα τροφή S.OT1
; τοῦ πρόσθε Κάδμου τοῦ π. τ' Ἀγήνορος ib.268; τὰ καινὰ τοῖς π. τεκμαίρεται ib.916, cf. Tr.1165, El.1490, etc.;τὰ π. D.19.276
(nisi leg. παλαί') ; οἱ π. the ancients, opp. οἱ νῦν, Arist.Metaph.1069a29.II before, opp. the present, sts. of time just past,ἠμὲν π. ἠδ' ἔτι καὶ νῦν Il.9.105
, cf. S.Ant.181: hence, not long ago, just now, like ἄρτι, οἱ π. λόγοι A.Pr.845; ὁ π. λόγος the reason just given, Arist.Pol.1282a15, cf. 1282b7;π. σοὶ ἔλεγον X.Oec.19.17
, cf. 18.10; but opp. ἄρτι, Pl. Tht.142a.
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