Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κεῖθι ‎(keîthi)
• κῆθι ‎(kêthi) Aeolic
• τηνόθι ‎(tēnóthi) Doric

Adverb

ἐκεῖθῐ • ‎(ekeîthi) (poetic)

1. there
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.10

     τὸν ξεῖνον δύστηνον ἄγ᾽ ἐς πόλιν, ὄφρ᾽ ἂν ἐκεῖθι δαῖτα πτωχεύῃ

     Lead this wretched stranger to the city, that there he may beg his food.

Usage notes

κεῖθι ‎(keîthi) is the regular form in Homer; ἐκεῖθι is used only once, in the cited example.

Related terms

• ἐκεῖθεν ‎(ekeîthen)
• ἐκεῖσε ‎(ekeîse)

Synonyms

• ἐκεῖ ‎(ekeî)
• ἔνθα ‎(éntha)
• τόθι ‎(tóthi)
• αὐτοῦ ‎(autoû)

References

• ἐκεῖθι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐκεῖθι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐκεῖθι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἐκεῖθι» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἐκεῖθι» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἐκεῖθι» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)