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ἅπαξ

hapax

once, once only, once for all

Appears 24 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἅπαξ [ᾰπ], Adv. A. once, once only, once for all, first in Od., ὅτε τʼ ἄλλοι ἅ. θνῄσκουσʼ ἄνθρωποι 12.22; ἅ. . . ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι ib.350; ἀπαλλάχθηθʼ ἅ. E. Cyc. 600; οὐχ ἅ. μόνον more than once, A. Pr. 211; ἅ. . . κοὐχὶ δίς S. OC 1208; πολλάκις καὶ οὐχὶ ἅ. Hdt. 7.46; πολλάκις τε κοὐχ ἅ. S. OT 1275; μὴ ἅ. ἀλλὰ πολλάκις Antipho 1.3, cf. Pl. Lg. 711a; μὴ δίς, ἀλλʼ ἅ. μόνον Arist. Pol. 1299a10; of the self-creation of Νοῦς, τὴν ποίησιν αὑτοῦ . . ἅ. εἶναι Plot. 6.8.21; ἅ. ἔτι yet this once, A. Ag. 1322; τὸ ἅ. τοῦτο at this moment, LXX2 Ki. 17.7; ἅ. δυοῖν ποδοῖν, i.e. two square feet (1 x 2), opp. δυοῖν δίς (2 x 2), four, Pl. Men. 82c. 2. c. gen., ἅ. τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, ἔτεος ἑκάστου ἅ., Hdt. 2.59, 4.105; also ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἅ. Id. 2.132. 3. once on a time, formerly, ἅ. καὶ ἅ. LXXJd. 20.30. II. without any notion of number, after conditional and temporal Particles, if once, when once, εἴπερ ἐσπείσω γʼ ἅ. if once you have made a treaty, Ar. Ach. 307. cf. 923; ἢν ἅ. ἁλῷ Id. V. 898, cf. Av. 342; ἂν ἅ. τις ἀποθάνῃ Amphis 8; ἐπειδήπερ γʼ ἅ. ἐμοὶ σεαυτὸν παραδέδωκας Ar. V. 1129; ἐπεὶ ἅ. ἐταράχθησαν Th. 7.44; ὡς ἅ. ἤρξατο X. HG 5.4.58; ἐπεὶ ἅ. αὐτοῖς φίλος ἐγένετο Id. An. 1.9.10, cf. 3.2.25, Isoc. 12.242; ὡς ἅ. ἐγκλήματα ἐταράχθη D. 18.151: so with part., ἐπὶ γᾶν ἅ. πεσὸν . . . αἷμα A. Ag. 1019(lyr.); ἅ. θανόντος οὔτις ἔστʼ ἀνάστασις Id. Eu. 648; ἅ. ἐλθόντες Pl. Prm. 165e, cf. Ep.Hebr. 6.4, etc. (ἁ- = sṃ (cf. εἷς) ; -παξ akin to πήγνυμι.)
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