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εἶτα , Ion. εἶτεν (q.v., cf. ἔπειτα, -εν), Adv., used to denote the Sequence of one act or state upon another :
I. of Sequence in time, without any notion of Cause, then, next,πρῶτα μέν.., εἶτα..S.El.262, cf. Pl.Phdr.251a, etc. ; soon, presently, S.OT452 ; εἶτα τί τοῦτο; well, what then? Ar.Nu.347, Pl.Prt.309a ; εἶτα.. τότε then.. after that, Ar.Eq. 1036 codd. (fort. τόδε) : freq. repeated, sts. alternating with ἔπειτα, then.., next.., then.., after that.., etc., Men.154, etc. ; with πάλιν, SIG1171 ; εἶτ᾽ οὖν also, Sch.Pi.O.7.68.
2. freq. with finite Verb after a part., expressing surprise or incongruity, and then, and yet,μή μοι προτείνων κέρδος εἶτ᾽ ἀποστέρειA.Pr.777 ; “ἆρα κλύουσα, μῆτερ, εἶτ᾽ ἔρξεις κακῶς ;E.El.1058, cf. S.El.53, Aj. 468, 1092, 1094, X.An.1.2.25, etc. ; cf. “ἔπειτα1.3.
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