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[*] 79. Other ellipses of Time, Circumstances, and the like coincide with the English. “τῆς δ᾽ ὥρας ἐγίγνετ᾽ ὀψέ,” DEM. 21.84 ; It was getting late. “ἦν πρὸς ἡμέραν,” LYS. 1.14 ; It was drawing on towards day. PLATO, Conv. 217D: “σκηπτόμενος ὅτι ὀψὲ εἴη”. XEN. An. 1.8.1: “ἤδη τε ἦν ἀμφὶ ἀγορὰν πλήθουσαν” . Ap. 23: “ἔνθα οὐ προσβατὸν θανάτῳ” . Hell. 1.6.20: “ἐπεὶ σκότος εἴη, ἐξεβίβαζεν . . . ἐπειδὴ ἤδη μέσον ἡμέρας ἦν” . THUC.1.109.3: “ὡς δὲ αὐτῷ οὐ προυχώρει”, matters. 2.56.1: “ἐπειδὴ ἑτοῖμα ἦν” , things. 2.56.4: “ἐς ἐλπίδα μὲν ἦλθον τοῦ ἑλεῖν, οὐ μέντοι προεχώρησέ γε” . 4.93.1: “ἤδη γὰρ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας ὀψὲ ἦν” . 7.84.4: “ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ θάτερά τε τοῦ ποταμοῦ παραστάντες οἱ Συρακόσιοι” (“ἦν δὲ κρημνῶδες” [sc. “τὸ χωρίον”]). HDT.3.82: “ἐκ δὲ τοῦ φόνου ἀπέβη ἐς μουναρχίην”. HOM. Il. 22.410: “τῷ δὲ μάλιστ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔην” (the situation) “ἐναλίγκιον, ὡς εἰ κτἑ”. See also exx. under 37.
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