εἶτα,
Ionic dialect εἶτεν (which see, compare ἔπειτα, -εν), adverb, used to denote the Sequence of one act or state upon another:
__I of Sequence in time, without any notion of Cause, then, next, πρῶτα μέν.., εἶτα.. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 262, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; soon, presently, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 452 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἶτα τί τοῦτ; well, what then? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 347, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 309a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἶτα.. τότε then.. after that, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1036 codices (perhaps τόδε): frequently repeated, sometimes alternating with ἔπειτα,] Refs 5th c.BC+] then.., next.., then.., after that.., etc., [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 154, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; with πάλιν, [[ “SIG” 1171 ] Refs]; εἶτ᾽ οὖν also, [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.68. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 frequently with finite Verb after a participle, expressing surprise or incongruity, and then, and yet, μή μοι προτείνων κέρδος εἶτ᾽ ἀποστέρει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 777; ἆρα κλύουσα, μῆτερ, εἶτ᾽ ἔρξεις κακῶ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1058, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 53, “Aj.” 468, 1092, 1094, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.25, etc.; compare ἔπειτα 1.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II to denote Consequence, and so, therefore, accordingly; especially in questions or exclamations to express surprise, indignation, contempt, sarcasm, and the like, and then..? and so..? κᾆτ᾽ οὐ δέχονται λιτά; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1019, compare “OC” 418; εἶτ᾽ ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ φρον; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 666 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κᾆτα ποῦ᾽ στιν ἡ δίκ; [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 548; εἶτ᾽ ἐσίγας, Πλοῦτος ὤ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 79; εἶτ᾽ ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊένα; [prev. author] “Nu.” 1214; εἶτ᾽ οὐκ αἰσχύνεσθ; 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28b; οὐκ οἴεσθε δεῖν χρήματα εἰσφέρειν, εἶτα θαυμάζετε..; 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.203; εἶτ᾽ οὐκ ἐπῳδούς φασιν ἰσχύειν τινέ; 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.15; εἶτ᾽ οὐ περίεργόν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φυτό; 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 141.1, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]