ἤδη
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already, by this time
Appears 535 times across Aristotle's works.
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History of Animals 139 ▸
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Book II 5 ▸
Book III 11 ▸
Book IV 6 ▸
Book V 13 ▸
Book VI 53 ▸
Book VII 15 ▸
Book VIII 11 ▸
Book IX 23 ▸
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Generation of Animals 66 ▸
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Metaphysics 43 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 4 ▸
Book Γ 6 ▸
Book Δ 9 ▸
Chapter 4 1014b16–1015a19
Chapter 5 1015a20–1015b15
Chapter 12 1019a15–1020a6
Chapter 15 1020b26–1021b11
Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3
Book Ε 2 ▸
Chapter 3 1027a29–1027b16
Book Ζ 9 ▸
Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23
Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25
Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7
Book Θ 6 ▸
Book Ι 2 ▸
Book Κ 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14
Book Λ 3 ▸
Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14
Chapter 9 1074b15–1075a10
Book Μ 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16
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Politics 40 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 6 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36
Book II 6 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26
Book III 6 ▸
Chapter 1 1274b32–1275b21
Chapter 7 1279a22–1279b10
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35
Chapter 17 1287b36–1288a31
Chapter 18 1288a32–1288b6
Book IV 3 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26
Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
Book V 7 ▸
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1319b30–1320b17
Book VII 9 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2
Book VIII 2 ▸
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14
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Meteorology 37 ▸
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Rhetoric 29 ▸
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Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38
Book II 14 ▸
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15
Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18
Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15
Book III 3 ▸
Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20
Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39
Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8
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Physics 26 ▸
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Book III 2 ▸
Book IV 6 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Book VIII 10 ▸
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De Anima 20 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 16 ▸
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Chapter 3 1094b11–1095a13
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 4 1105a17–1105b18
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14
Book V 3 ▸
Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17
Book VI 4 ▸
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33
Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17
Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11
Book VII 2 ▸
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34
Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11
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Eudemian Ethics 13 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14
Book VII 6 ▸
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
Book VIII 1 ▸
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Parts of Animals 13 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 10 ▸
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On Colours 10 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 10 ▸
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On the Heavens 6 ▸
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De Interpretatione 6 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 6 ▸
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Poetics 5 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20
Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11
Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23
Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6
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Sophistical Refutations 5 ▸
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Topics 5 ▸
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Prior Analytics 4 ▸
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De Audibilibus 4 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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On Dreams 3 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 3 ▸
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On Memory 3 ▸
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De Mundo 2 ▸
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Movement of Animals 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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Physiognomonics 2 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἤδη, Adv.: 1. already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει ʼtis already night, Il. 7.282; ἤ. Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατʼ ἐφῆπται ib.402: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος Od. 2.89; τρίτην ἤ. ἡμέραν Pl. Prt. 309d; ἔτος τόδʼ ἤ. δέκατον S. Ph. 312; ἦν δʼ ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον ib.354; τελοῦντες ἕκτον ἕβδομόν τʼ ἤ. δρόμον Id. El. 726; ἤ. γὰρ πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος Id. Aj. 1402. 2. forthwith, immediately, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας Il. 3.98; λέξον νῦν με τάχιστα, ὄφρα καὶ ἤδη . . ταρπώμεθα κοιμηθέντες Il. 24.635, cf. Od. 4.294; ἤ. νῦν . . μεγάλʼ εὔχεο Il. 16.844; στείχοις ἂν ἤ. S. Tr. 624; ἤδη . . στέλλεσθε; Id. Ph. 466; μετὰ τοῦτʼ ἤ. Ar. Th. 655; ἤ. ποτέ now at length, Mitteis Chr. 87.8 (ii A.D.); on the verso of a letter, urgent, immediate, PCair. Zen.154 (iii B.C.); ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ PMag.Osl. 1.319. 3. opp. to the future or past, actually, now, οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλʼ ὕπαρ ἤ. Od. 20.90; τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἤ., τοῖς δʼ ἐν ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ S. OC 614; οἱ μὲν τάχʼ, οἱ δʼ ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δʼ ἤ. E. Supp. 551; οὐ τάχʼ, ἀλλʼ ἤ. Ar. Ra. 527; ἡ ἤ. χάρις present favour, D. 23.134; τὸ ἤ. κολάζειν X. An. 7.7.24. 4. of logical proximity, ἤ. γὰρ ἂν προστίθεσθαι Pl. Tht. 201e; τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἤ. συγκείμενα ib.202b; πᾶς ἤ. ἂν εὕροι Id. R. 398c; ἃν σὺ ὁμολογήσῃς, ταῦτʼ ἤ. ἐστὶν αὐτὰ τἀληθῆ Id. Grg. 486e; τοῦτο τοὔπος δεινὸν ἤ. Ar. Ach. 315; τὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα διαφθείραντα ταῦτʼ ἐστὶν ἤ. D. 19.19. b. καὶ ἤ. and further, as well, ἐμέ τε καὶ σὲ καὶ τἆλλʼ ἤ. Pl. Tht. 159b, cf. S.E. P. 1.53,219, etc. c. for instance, Aen. Tact.4.1, 10.25. d. only then, then and not before, τότʼ ἤδη A. Pr. 911, Isoc. 12.25, Ep. 6.9; ἐνταῦθʼ ἤ. Aeschin. 3.140; κακοπαθοῦντες ἤ. τῶν λόγων ἅπτονται Th. 1.78. 5. with Sup., ὦ πάντων ἀνδρῶν ἤ. μάλιστα . . κτησάμενε up to this time, Hdt. 8.106; μέγιστος ἤ. διάπλους Th. 6.31: with Comp., ἤδη . . λόγου μέζων Hdt. 2.148. II. joined with other words of time, ἤ. νῦν now already, Il. 1.456, A. Ag. 1578; νῦν ἤ. Od. 23.54, S. Ant. 801 (anap.); ἤ. ποτέ Il. 1.260, S. Aj. 1142, Ar. Nu. 346; ποτʼ ἤ. A. Eu. 50; ἤ. πώποτε Eup. 214, Pl. R. 493d; πάλαι ἤ. S. OC 510 (lyr.); ἤ. τότε even then, Pl. R. 417b; ἐπεὶ ἤ. Od. 4.260; εἰ ἤ. Il. 22.52; τὸ τηνίκʼ ἤ. S. OC 440; τὸ λοιπὸν ἤ. Id. Ph. 454; ἄλλοτε ἤ. πολλάκις Pl. R. 507a; ἤ. γε even now, D. 19.52. III. of place, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἤ. Αἴγυπτος after this Egypt begins, Hdt. 3.5, cf. 2.15,4.99, E. Hipp. 1200; Φωκεῦσιν ἤ. ὅμορος ἡ Βοιωτία ἐστίν Th. 3.95. (In general, cf. Arist. Ph. 222b7.)
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