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ἐκεῖνος

ἐκεῖνος

See also: εκείνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κεῖνος (keînos) Epic, Ionic
  • κῆνος (kênos) Aeolic
  • τῆνος (tênos) Doric
  • ἐκεινοσί (ekeinosí) emphatic
  • ἐκεινοσίν (ekeinosín) emphatic with movable nu

Pronoun

ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos) (Epic, Attic, Koine)

  1. (demonstrative) that
    1. (of place, to indicate something farther from the speaker) there
    2. (of time, to indicate something farther in the past)
      1. (to indicate something previously mentioned)
      2. (in contrast to οὗτος (hoûtos)) the former
    3. (of someone or something famous or infamous)

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