ἔπειτα

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From ἐπί (epí, upon) + εἶτα (eîta).

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Adverb[edit]

ἔπειτα (épeita)

  1. (of mere sequence, without any notion of cause) thereupon, thereafter, then
    1. (with the article) what follows
    2. (like εἶτα, with a finite verb after a participle)
    3. (in apodoses, though never at the beginning of the clause, in Homer often strengthened)
    4. (after a temporal conjunction) then, thereafter
    5. (after a conditional conjunction) then, surely
  2. (of sequence in thought, i.e. consequence or inference) then, therefore
    1. (to begin a story)
    2. (in Attic often to introduce emphatic questions)

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