ἐχθές

ἐχθές, Adv.

• = χθές, yesterday, Ar. Nu. 175, Th. 616, etc.; ἀπʼ ἐ. AP 11.35 (Phld.); μέσφα τό γʼ ἐ. Theoc. 2.144; οὐ γάρ τι νῦν γε κἀ. today or yesterday, S. Ant. 456; οὐκ ἐ. οὐδὲ πρῴην Antipho Fr. 58; ἐ. καὶ τρίτης [ἡμέρας] LXX Ru. 2.11, cf. M.Ant. 10.7. (ἐχθές is commoner than χθές in Com. and LXX, is the only form used in NT, and freq. in papyri of all periods, PSI 4.442.21 (iii B.C.), etc.; cf. χθές.)

ἐχθές, = χθές, gestern, Ar. Nub. 175 ; οὐ νῦν τε κἀχθές, ἀλλʼ ἀεί Soph. Ant. 452 ; τὰ ἐχθὲς καὶ πρώην γεγονότα Plat. Gorg. 470d ; Xen. Cyr. 7.5.53 u. öfter, Nach Apollon. in B.A. 556.30 soll χθές attischer sein, es ist wenigstens häufiger.

ἐχθές v. χθές

• yesterday, Ar.; ἀπʼ ἐχθές Anth.; νῦν τε κἀχθές to-day or yesterday, Soph.; cf. πρώην.