ἀεί

See also: αεί, αει-, and αεί-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἰεί (aieí) — Epic, Ionic, poetic
• αἰέν (aién) — Homeric
• ἀέ (aé), ἀές (aés), αἰές (aiés), αἰή (aiḗ) — Doric
• αἰέ (aié) — unknown
• αἶι (aîi) — Aeolic
• ἠι (ēi) — Boeotian
• αἰϝεί (aiweí) — Delphic

Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *aiweí, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”). Equivalent to locative case of αἰών (aiṓn), with or without the -ν.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ěː/ → /aˈi/ → /aˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ěː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈi/

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.ěː/ → /aˈi/ → /aˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.ěː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈi/

Adverb

ᾱ̓εί or ᾰ̓εί • (āeí or aeí) (Attic)

1. always, ever, forever

   Νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ.

   Nûn kaì aeì.

   For ever and ever.

Descendants

• Greek: αεί (aeí)

See also

• ἐνίοτε (eníote, “sometimes”)
• οὔποτε (oúpote, “never”)
• πολλάκις (pollákis, “often”)
• σπανίως (spaníōs, “seldom”)

Further reading

• “ἀεί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀεί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀεί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀεί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀεί in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀεί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀεί”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G104 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • always idem, page 26.
  • continually idem, page 168.
  • eternally idem, page 284.
  • ever idem, page 285.
  • momentarily idem, page 538.
  • persistently idem, page 608.
  • regularly idem, page 687.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • unvaryingly idem, page 936.
  • unwaveringly idem, page 936.