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ἐκεῖ

ekei

there, in that place

Appears 116 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκεῖ (not in Hom.), Aeol. κῆ Sapph. 51 : Dor. τηνεῖ (q.v.):—Adv. A. 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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