ἐκεῖ

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Back-formation from ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos). This is the regular distal place demonstrative reflex, whereas ἐκεῖθῐ (ekeîthi) is the obsolete extended form.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ἐκεῖ (ekeî)

  1. demonstrative adverb there, in that place
    1. (in Tragic, euphemistic), "in Hades", i.e. dead.
  2. (with verbs of motion) thither
  3. (rarely) then, at that time

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: εκεί (ekeí)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐκεῖ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397

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