ἑξῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἑξείης (hexeíēs) — Epic
• ἑξαν (hexan) — Doric

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hek.sɛ̂ːs/ → /ekˈsis/ → /ekˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hek.sɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ekˈse̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈsis/

Adverb

ἑξῆς • (hexês) (Epic, Attic, Koine)

1. in order, one after another
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.448–449:

     αἱ μὲν ἔπειτα
     ἑξῆς εὐνάζοντο παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης

     hai mèn épeita
     hexês eunázonto parà rhēgmîni thalássēs

     then they went to sleep one after another near the surf of the sea

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.241:

     ὃ δ’ ἔπειτα θεοῖς εὔχεσθαι ἀνώγει
     πάσας ἑξείης

     hò d’ épeita theoîs eúkhesthai anṓgei
     pásas hexeíēs

     then he bade all of them to pray to the gods in turn

Derived terms

• καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς (kaì tà hexês)

Further reading

• “ἑξῆς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑξείης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἑξείης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers