ἤδη
ἤδη
related to νῦν, as Lat. jam to nunc
by this time, before this, already, or of the future, now, presently, forthwith, Hom.; νὺξ ἤδη τελέθει ʼtis already night, Il.; ἔτος τόδʼ ἤδη δέκατον Soph.:—so in a local relation, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤδη Αἴγυπτος directly after this is Egypt, Hdt.
of the future, λέξον ὄφρα κεν ἤδη ταρπώμεθα Il.; στείχοις ἂν ἤδη Soph.
often joined with other words of time, ἤδη νῦν now already, Hom.; νῦν ἤδη Soph., etc.; ἤδη πάλαι Soph.; ἐπεὶ ἤδη, Lat. quum jam, Od., etc.