ὑποδήματαX.An.4.5.14; πινάκιαBGU781i1(i A. D.). II. of persons, Θέμιν ..ἀρχαίαν ἄλοχον ΔιόσPi.Fr.6.5; ἀ. θεαί, of the Erinyes, A.Eu.728; ΠέλοψS.Aj.1292; οἱ ἀ.
the Ancients,
name given by Arist. to the pre-Socratics, Metaph. 1069a25, GC314a6; in Lit. Crit.,
ancient, classical
writers, Demetr.Eloc.15,67; in Plot., the philosophers down to Aristotle, 5.1.9; in
NT, the Fathers,
Ev.Matt.5.21, al. 2.
ancient, old,
βαλὴν ἀ., of Darius, A.Pers.657 (lyr.); λάτρισE.Hec.609; ἑταῖροσX.Mem.2.8.1; οἱ ἀ. κύριοι the
original
owners, BGU992 ii 6 (ii B. C.); τὰς ἀ. πόλεισ (banished from) their
original
cities, Polystr.p.22 W.; ἀ. μαθητήσ an
original
disciple, Act.Ap.21.16; ἀ. μύστησInscr.Magn.215
b;
παιδαγωγὸς ἀ., i.e
of old, formerly,
E.El.287, cf.853. III. neut. as Adv., τὸ ἀρχαῖον, Ion. contr. τὠρχαῖον,
καινὰ ἀ. λέγεινPl.Phdr.267b, cf. Isoc.4.8, D.9.48; ἀ. καὶ σεμνῶσAeschin.1.183. IV. irreg. Comp. ἀρχαιέστεροσPi.Fr.45 (on ἀρχέστατοσ v. h. v.); usual Comp. -ότεροσAr.Av.469: Sup. -ότατοσHdt.1.105, etc. V. as Subst., τὸ ἀρχαῖον, of money,
prime cost,
πλέον τοῦ ἀ.X.Vect.3.2;
principal,
mostly in pl., Ar.Nu.1156, etc.; τἀρχαῖα ἀποδιδόναιD.34.26, etc.; τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀπέστησαν lost their