ἅπαξ

ἅπαξ [ᾰπ], Adv.

A once, once only, once for all, first in Od.,

ὅτε τ' ἄλλοι ἅ. θνῄσκουσ' ἄνθρωποι 12.22

; ἅ. . . ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι ib.350;

ἀπαλλάχθηθ' ἅ. E.Cyc.600

; οὐχ ἅ. μόνον more than once, A.Pr.211;

ἅ. . . κοὐχὶ δίς S.OC1208

;

πολλάκις καὶ οὐχὶ ἅ. Hdt.7.46

;

πολλάκις τε κοὐχ ἅ. S.OT1275

;

μὴ ἅ. ἀλλὰ πολλάκις Antipho 1.3

, cf. Pl.Lg.711a;

μὴ δίς, ἀλλ' ἅ. μόνον Arist.Pol.1299a10

; of the self-creation of

Νοῦς, τὴν ποίησιν αὑτοῦ . . ἅ. εἶναι Plot.6.8.21

; ἅ. ἔτι yet this once, A.Ag.1322; τὸ ἅ. τοῦτο at this moment, LXX2 Ki.17.7; ἅ. δυοῖν ποδοῖν, i.e. two square feet (1 x 2), opp. δυοῖν δίς (2 x 2), four, Pl.Men.82c.

2 c. gen., ἅ. τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, ἔτεος ἑκάστου ἅ., Hdt.2.59, 4.105; also

ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἅ. Id.2.132

.

3 once on a time, formerly,

ἅ. καὶ ἅ. LXXJd.20.30

.

II without any notion of number, after conditional and temporal Particles, if once, when once, εἴπερ ἐσπείσω γ' ἅ. if once you have made a treaty, Ar.Ach.307. cf. 923;

ἢν ἅ. ἁλῷ Id.V.898

, cf. Av.342;

ἂν ἅ. τις ἀποθάνῃ Amphis 8

;

ἐπειδήπερ γ' ἅ. ἐμοὶ σεαυτὸν παραδέδωκας Ar.V.1129

;

ἐπεὶ ἅ. ἐταράχθησαν Th.7.44

;

ὡς ἅ. ἤρξατο X.HG5.4.58

;

ἐπεὶ ἅ. αὐτοῖς φίλος ἐγένετο Id.An.1.9.10

, cf. 3.2.25, Isoc.12.242;

ὡς ἅ. ἐγκλήματα ἐταράχθη D.18.151

: so with part.,

ἐπὶ γᾶν ἅ. πεσὸν . . . αἷμα A.Ag.1019

(lyr.);

ἅ. θανόντος οὔτις ἔστ' ἀνάστασις Id.Eu.648

;

ἅ. ἐλθόντες Pl.Prm.165e

, cf. Ep.Hebr.6.4, etc. (ἁ- = sṃ (cf. εἷς) ; -παξ akin to πήγνυμι.)