ἐκεῖνος, ἐκείνη, ἐκεῖνο,
also κεῖνος (regular in Epic dialect, Ionic dialect (as [[ “SIG” 37.3 (Teos, 5th c.BC), though 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus prefers ἐκεῖνος), and Lyric poetry, in Trag. κεῖνος] Refs 5th c.BC+] only where the metre requires,[[compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 230, 792, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 220 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; but not in Attic dialect Prose, and in Comedy texts only in mock Trag. passages): Aeolic dialect κῆνος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.1] Refs 7th c.BC+]: Doric dialect τῆνος [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.4, etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: in Comedy texts, strengthened ἐκεινοσί [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 277 (probably), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1196, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκεινοσίν [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 59.24 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (ἐκεῖ):—demonstrative pronoun the person there, that person or thing, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally with reference to what has gone immediately before, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 106c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.9, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but when οὗτος and ἐκεῖνος refer to two things before mentioned, ἐκεῖνος, properly belongs to the more remote, in time, place, or thought, οὗτος to the nearer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 271b, etc.: but ἐκεῖνος] Refs 5th c.BC+] sometimes = the latter, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.72, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1325a7, etc.: ἐκεῖνος is frequently the predicate to οὗτος or ὅδε, οὗτος ἐκεῖνος τὸν σὺ ζητέεις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; τοῦτ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκεῖνο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 622 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρ᾽ οὗτός ἐστ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ὅν..; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 240, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also joined as if one pronoun, τοῦτ᾽ ἐκεῖνο..δέρκομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1115, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ at that point of time, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 32, etc.; ἐς ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 46.49 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο, à propos, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]