χθές,Adv.(lengthd.ἐχθές(q.v.); where the word occurs in
A. NT,
Ev.Jo. 4.52 , Act.Ap. 7.28 , Ep.Hebr. 13.8 , codd. vary betw.ἐχθέςandχθές; χθέςis not found in Ptolemaic papyri, but in PLond. 2.161.8
(iii A. D.)):—yesterday,
h.Merc. 273 , Th. 3.113 , Pl. R. 327a , Smp. 174a , etc.: freq. placed between Art. andSubst.,ἡ χ. ὁμολογία, οἱ χ. λόγοι,
Pl. Sph. 216a , Ti. 26e ; τῇ χ. ἡμέρᾳ
Plu. 2.773e
;χ. μὲν . . , τὰ νῦν δὲ. . Pl. Ti. 17a : freq.πρώην τε καὶ χ., χ. καὶ πρώην,
v. πρώην
11 ;χ. καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν v.l. in
X. Cyr. 6.3.11 , cf. LXX Ge. 31.2 . (Cf. Skt.hyás'yesterday', Lat.heri, hesternus,OHG.gestaron'yesterday', etc.)