A.just, exactly, of coincidence of Time, just now (not in Hom.):
1. mostly of the present, with pres. tense, Thgn.998, Pi.P.4.158, A.Th.534; opp. πάλαι, with pf., “τέθνηκεν ἄ.” S.Ant.1283; “βεβᾶσιν ἄ.” Id.El.1386; ἄ. ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι; Pl.Cri.43a; more fully “ἄ. νυνί” Ar.Lys.1008; ἄ. . . νῦν or “νῦν . . ἄ., ” Pl.Plt.291a, 291b; later, = νῦν, Theoc.23.26, Ep.Gal.1.9, J.AJ1.6.1; ἄ. καὶ πρώην to-day and yesterday, i. e. very lately, Plu.Brut.I, etc.; ἕως ἄ. till now, Ev.Matt.11.12, POxy.936.23 (iii A. D.): with Subst., “ὁ ἄ. λόγος” Pl.Tht.153e; ἡλικίαν “. . τὴν ἄ. ἐκ παίδων” X.HG5.4.25; “ἡ ἄ. ὥρα” 1 Ep.Cor.4.11, PMag.Lond.1.121.373; ἄ. μὲν . . ἄ. δὲ . . now . . now . . , at one time . . at another . . , Luc.Nigr.4.
2. of the past, just now, with impf., ἄ. βλάστεσκε dub.in S.Fr.546, cf.E.Ba.677, Pl.Grg.454b: with aor., “λέξας ἄ.” S.Aj.1272; “καθῃμάτωσεν ἄ.” E.Ph.1160; opp. νῦν, ὃ ἄ. ἐρρήθη . . νῦν δὲ . . Pl.Alc.1.130d, cf. 127c; ἐν τῷ ἄ., opp. ἐν τῷ νῦν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔπειτα, Id.Men.89c.
3. in Antiph.26.7 (s.v.l.) and later also of the future, just now, presently, Luc.Sol.1, App.Mith.69, Astramps.Orac. 94.2; condemned by Phryn.12; also, just at present, “πλεύσεις, ἄ. δὲ οὔ” Astramps.Orac.92.7: with imper., Nonn.D.20.277, etc. (Perh. cogn. with Skt. ṛtám 'ordinance', ṛtás 'correct'.)
