ἀεί
ἀεί, Adv.
A). ever, always,
Hom., etc.; with other specifications of time,
ἐμμενὲς αἰεί Od. 21.69 ;
συνεχὲς αἰ. 9.74 ;
ἀ. καθ’ ἡμέραν, καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀ., ἀ. καὶ καθ’ ἡμέραν, ἀ. κατ’ ἐνιαυτόν, ἀ. διὰ βίου, etc.,
Pl. Phd. 75d , etc.;
ἀ. πανταχοῦ D. 21.197 , cf.
Ar. Eq.. 568 ;
διὰ παντὸς ἀ. Pax 397 ;
ἐνδελεχῶς ἀ. Men. 521 ;
δεῦρ’ ἀεί until now,
E. Or. 1663 ,
Pl. Lg. 811c ;
αἰεί κοτε, ποτε from of old,
Hdt. 1.58 ,
Th. 6.82 ;
αἰ. δήποτε 1.13 ; cf.
εἰσαεί:—with the Art.,
ὁ ἀ. χρόνος eternity,
Hdt. 1.54 ,
Pl. Phd. 103e , etc.;
οἱ ἀ. ὄντες the
immortals,
X. Cyr. 1.6.46 , etc.:—but
ὁ αἰ. βασιλεύων the king
for the time being,
Hdt. 2.98 ;
οἱ ἀ. δικάζοντες D. 21.223 ;
ὁ αἰ. ἐντὸς γιγνόμενος every one as he got inside,
Th. 4.68 ;
τὸν ἀ. προστυχόντα D. 21.131 ;
τοῖσι τούτων αἰ. ἐκγόνοισι to their descendants
for ever,
Hdt. 1.105 , cf.
3.83 , etc.; in
A. Pr. 937 ,
θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ’ ἀ., ἀεί is postponed metri gr.—Dialectic forms (cf. Hdn.Gr.
1.497 ,
Et.Gud.z):
2). ἀεί [
ᾰ three times in
Hom.,
ᾱ& Att.] normal in Att. Inscrr. from
361 B.C.
5). Aeol. αἶι( ν), ἄιν, Hdn.Gr.l.c.; cf. IG 9(2).461 (ἄϊν, Thess.), SIG 58 (Milet.), and v. ἀϊπάρθενος, ἀείδασμος.
6). αἰέ, Hdn.Gr.l.c.
8). Boeot. ἠί, Hdn. Gr.l.c.
9). Tarent. αἰή, ibid.
II). τὸ ἀ. eternity,
τὸ ἀ. τοῦτο οὐκ αἰώνιόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ χρονικόν Procl. Inst. 198 . The statement of
Harp. that
ἀεί =
ἕως in Att. is based on misinterpretation of such phrases as
ἐς τόνδε αἰ. τὸν πόλεμον Th. 1.18 .(
αἰvεί Epigr.Gr. 742 ,
GDI 60.31 (
Cypr.),
IG 9(1).334.4 ( Locr.), cf. Lat.
aevum.)
ShortDef
always, for ever
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀεί
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αει
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-1565
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀεί</span>, Adv. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ever, always</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, etc.; with other specifications of time, <span class="quote greek">ἐμμενὲς αἰεί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.69 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">συνεχὲς αἰ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.74/canonical-url/"> 9.74 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. καθ’ ἡμέραν, καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀ., ἀ. καὶ καθ’ ἡμέραν, ἀ. κατ’ ἐνιαυτόν, ἀ. διὰ βίου,</span> etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:75d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:75d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 75d </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. πανταχοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:197" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:197/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.197 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Eq..</span> <span class="bibl"> 568 </span>; <span class="quote greek">διὰ παντὸς ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:397" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:397/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 397 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐνδελεχῶς ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:521" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:521/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 521 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δεῦρ’ ἀεί</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">until now</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1663" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1663/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1663 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:811c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:811c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 811c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">αἰεί κοτε, ποτε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">from of old</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.58 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.82 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰ. δήποτε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.13/canonical-url/"> 1.13 </a> ; cf. <span class="foreign greek">εἰσαεί</span>:—with the Art., <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ἀ. χρόνος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eternity</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.54 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:103e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:103e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 103e </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ἀ. ὄντες</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">immortals</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.6.46 </a>, etc.:—but <span class="foreign greek">ὁ αἰ. βασιλεύων</span> the king <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for the time being</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.98 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἱ ἀ. δικάζοντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:223" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:223/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.223 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ αἰ. ἐντὸς γιγνόμενος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">every one</span> as he got inside, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.68 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν ἀ. προστυχόντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:131" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:131/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.131 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τοῖσι τούτων αἰ. ἐκγόνοισι</span> to their descendants <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for ever</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.105 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.83/canonical-url/"> 3.83 </a>, etc.; in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:937" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:937/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 937 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ’ ἀ., ἀεί</span> is postponed metri gr.—Dialectic forms (cf. Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:497" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.497/canonical-url/"> 1.497 </a>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Et.Gud.z</span>): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="orth greek">αἰεί</span>, Ep., Ion., Poet., and Early Att. (cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2585.tlg001:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2585.tlg001:52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Marcellin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit. Thuc.</span> 52 </a>); found (beside <span class="foreign greek">ἀεί</span>) in Att. Inscrr. to <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2585.tlg001:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2585.tlg001:361/canonical-url/"> 361 </a> B.C. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="orth greek">ἀεί</span> [<span class="pron greek">ᾰ</span> three times in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="itype greek">ᾱ&</span> Att.] normal in Att. Inscrr. from <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:361/canonical-url/"> 361 </a> B.C. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="orth greek">αἰέν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:290" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.290/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.290 </a>, al.(<span class="foreign greek">ἆεν</span> is v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:827" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.827/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.827 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 6.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sophr.</span> 90 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:428" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:428/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 428 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:891" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:891/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 891 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:682" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:682/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 682 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Dor. <span class="orth greek">αἰές</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1266/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 1266 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0036.tlg003:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0036.tlg003:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bion</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1.1 </a>; also <span class="orth greek">ἀές</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tab.Heracl.</span> 1.134 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> Aeol. <span class="orth greek">αἶι</span>( <span class="orth greek">ν</span>), <span class="orth greek">ἄιν</span>, Hdn.Gr.l.c.; cf.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 9(2).461 </span> (<span class="foreign greek">ἄϊν,</span> Thess.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 58 </span> (Milet.), and v. <span class="ref greek">ἀϊπάρθενος, ἀείδασμος.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="orth greek">αἰέ</span>, Hdn.Gr.l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="orth greek">ἀέ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.88 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0288.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0288.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pisand.</span> 11 </a> (<span class="etym greek">ᾰἐ</span>); cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἀέ-ναος.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>8).</strong></span> Boeot. <span class="foreign greek">ἠί,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdn.</span> </span> Gr.l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>9).</strong></span> Tarent. <span class="orth greek">αἰή</span>, ibid. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ἀ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eternity</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἀ. τοῦτο οὐκ αἰώνιόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ χρονικόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4036.tlg005:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4036.tlg005:198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inst.</span> 198 </a> . The statement of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Harp.</span> </span> that <span class="foreign greek">ἀεί</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἕως</span> in Att. is based on misinterpretation of such phrases as <span class="quote greek">ἐς τόνδε αἰ. τὸν πόλεμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.18 </a> .( <span class="quote greek">αἰvεί</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 742 </span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 60.31 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cypr.</span></span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 9(1).334.4 </span> ( Locr.), cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">aevum.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}