εἶτα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

εἶτεν (eîten) — Ionic

Etymology

From εἰ (ei, “if”) and root of τά (tá).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /êː.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ta/

Adverb

εἶτα • (eîta)

(of mere sequence) then, next
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 262
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 251A
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 452
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 347
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 309A
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1036
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Ἐμπιπρ. 1
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 7.68
1. (often stands with the finite verb after a participle, where the participle may be resolved into a finite verb and εἶτα rendered "and then", "and yet", expressing surprise or incongruity)
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 777
  - 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 1058
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 53
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 468
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1092–1094
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.2.25
(to denote consequence) and so, so then, therefore, accordingly
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1019
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 418
- 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 666
- 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 548
- 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 79
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1214
- 349 BCE, Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 24
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 28B
- 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 203
- 408 BCE – 334 BCE, Antiphanes Comicus, Φιλοθ. 1.15
- 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis, Μανδρ. 1

Derived terms

ἔπειτα (épeita)
κᾷτα (kāîta)

Ancient Greek

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