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χθές, χθές, yesterday

χθές, Adv. (lengthd. ἐχθές (q.v.); where the word occurs in NT, Ev.Jo. 4.52, Act.Ap. 7.28, Ep.Hebr. 13.8, codd. vary betw. ἐχθές and χθές; χθές is not found in Ptolemaic papyri, but in PLond. 2.161.8 (iii A. D.)):—
  • yesterday, h.Merc. 273, Th. 3.113, Pl. R. 327a, Smp. 174a, etc.: freq. placed between Art. and Subst., ἡ χ. ὁμολογία, οἱ χ. λόγοι, Pl. Sph. 216a, Ti. 26e; τῇ χ. ἡμέρᾳ Plu. Amat.narr. 2.773e; χ. μὲν . ., τὰ νῦν δὲ . . Pl. Ti. 17a: freq. πρώην τε καὶ χ., χ. καὶ πρώην, v. πρώην II; χ. καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν v.l. in X. Cyr. 6.3.11, cf. LXX Ge. 31.2. (Cf. Skt. hyás ‘yesterday’, Lat. heri, hesternus, OHG. gestaron ‘yesterday’, etc.)

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