ἐχθές,
adverb ={χθές}, yesterday, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 175, “Th.” 616, etc.; ἀπ᾽ ἐ. “Anthologia Graeca” 11.35 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus); μέσφα τό γ᾽ ἐ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.144 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γάρ τι νῦν γε κἀ. today or yesterday, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 456; οὐκ ἐ. οὐδὲ πρῴην 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 58 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. καὶ τρίτης [ἡμέρας] [[ LXX.Ruth.2.11, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 10.7. (ἐχθές is commoner than χθές] LXX+2nd c.AD+] in Comedy texts and LXX, is the only form used in “NT”, and frequently in papyri of all periods, [[ “PSI” 4.442.21 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; compare χθές.)