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ἐκεῖ

ἐκεῖ, ἐκεῖ, there (in that place)

ἐκεῖ (not in Hom.), Aeol. κῆ Sapph. 51: Dor. τηνεῖ (q.v.):—Adv.
  • there, in that place, opp. ἐνθάδε, Th. 6.83; οἱ ἐ. S. El. 685, etc.; τἀκεῖ what is or happens there, events there, E. Fr. 578.5, Th. 1.90; redundant, οὗ ἦν ἐ. LXX 1 Ki. 9.10.
      • 2 freq. as euphem. for ἐν Ἅιδου, in another world, κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀμπλακήματα Ζεὺς ἄλλος A. Supp. 230, cf. Ch. 359 (lyr.), S. Ant. 76; εὐδαιμονοίτην, ἀλλʼἐ. E. Med. 1073; εὔκολος μὲν ἐνθάδʼ, εὔκολος δʼ ἐκεῖ Ar. Ra. 82, cf. Pl. Phd. 64a, al.; in full, ἐκεῖ δʼ ἐν Ἅιδου E. Hec. 418; οἱ ἐ. euphem. for the dead, A. Ch. 355 (lyr.), S. OT 776, Pl. R. 427b, Isoc. 14.61.
      • 3 Philos., in the intelligible world, Plot. 1.2.7, 2.4.5, etc.
    • II with Verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither, ἐ. πλέομεν Hdt. 7.147; ἐ. ἀπικέσθαι v.l. in Id. 9.108; ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐ. S. OC 1019; οἱ ἐ. καταπεφευγότες Th. 3.71, cf. Plb. 5.101.10; βλέψον δὲ κἀκεῖ Men. Epit. 103.
    • III rarely, of Time, then, S. Ph. 395 (lyr.), D. 22.38.

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