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ἐκεῖνος in attic strengthd. ἐκεινοσί ἐκεῖ

I.Demonstr. Pron.: the person there, that person or thing, Hom., etc.: when οὗτος and ἐκεῖνος refer to two things before mentioned, ἐκεῖνος, ille, belongs to the more remote, i. e. the former, οὗτος, hic, to the nearer, i. e. the latter.
2.like ille, to denote well-known persons, ἐκεῖνος Θουκυδίδης Ar.
3.with demonstr. force, Ἶρος ἐκεῖνος ἧσται Irus sits there, Od.
4.in attic the Subst. with ἐκεῖνος properly has the Article, and ἐκεῖνος may precede or follow the Subst., ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ: when the Art. is omitted in Prose, ἐκεῖνος follows the Subst., νῆες ἐκεῖναι Thuc.
II.adv. ἐκείνως, in that way, in that case, id=Thuc.
III.dat. fem. ἐκείνῃ as adv.,
1.of Place (sub. ὁδῷ), there, at that place, on that road, Hdt., Thuc.
2.of Manner, in that manner, Plat., etc.
IV.with Preps., ἐξ ἐκείνου from that time, Xen.; so, ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου Luc.: κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνα in that place, there, Xen.: μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνα afterwards, Thuc.

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