as he got inside, Th.4.68; τὸν ἀ. προστυχόνταD.21.131; τοῖσι τούτων αἰ. ἐκγόνοισι to their descendants
for ever
, Hdt.1.105, cf. 3.83, etc.; in A.Pr.937, θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ' ἀ., ἀεί is postponed metri gr.— Dialectic forms (cf. Hdn.Gr.1.497,
Et.Gud.z
): 1.αἰεί, Ep., Ion., Poet., and Early Att. (cf. Marcellin.Vit. Thuc.52); found (beside ἀεί) in Att. Inscrr. to 361 B.C. 2.ἀεί [ᾰ three times in Hom., ᾱ̆ Att.] normal in Att. Inscrr. from 361 B.C. 3.αἰέν, Il.1.290, al. (ἆεν is v.l. in Il. 11.827), Pi.N.6.3, Sophr.90, A.Pr.428, Ag.891, S.Aj.682. 4. Dor. αἰέσ, Ar.Lys.1266, BionFr.1.1; also ἀέσ, Tab.Heracl.1.134. 5. Aeol. αἶι( ν), ἄιν, Hdn.Gr.l.c.; cf.IG 9(2).461 (ἄϊν, Thess.), SIG58 (Milet.), and v. ἀϊπάρθενος, ἀείδασμος.6.αἰέ, Hdn.Gr.l.c. 7.ἀέ, Pi.P.9.88, Pisand.11 (ᾰἐ); cf. ἀέ-ναος.8. Boeot. ἠί,Hdn. Gr.l.c. 9. Tarent. αἰή, ibid. II.τὸ ἀ.
eternity
, τὸ ἀ. τοῦτο οὐκ αἰώνιόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ χρονικόνProcl.Inst.198. The statement of Harp. that ἀεί = ἕωσ in Att. is based on misinterpretation of such phrases as ἐς τόνδε αἰ. τὸν πόλεμονTh.1.18. (αἰfείEpigr.Gr.742, GDI60.31 (Cypr.), IG9(1).334.4 (Locr.), cf. Lat.