ἤδη,
adverb:
__1 already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει 'tis already night, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.282; ἤ. Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ᾽ ἐφῆπται [prev. work] 402 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with numerals, ἤ. γὰρ τρίτον ἔτος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.89; τρίτην ἤ. ἡμέραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 309d; ἔτος τόδ᾽ ἤ. δέκατον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 312 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦν δ᾽ ἦμαρ ἤ. δεύτερον[[ [prev. work] 354; τελοῦντες ἕκτον ἕβδομόν τ᾽ ἤ. δρόμον [prev. author] “El.” 726; ἤ. γὰρ πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος [prev. author] “Aj.” 1402. ] Refs]
__2 forthwith, immediately, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤ. Ἁργείους καὶ Τρῶας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.98; λέξον νῦν με τάχιστα, ὄφρα καὶ ἤδη.. ταρπώμεθα κοιμηθέντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.635, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.294; ἤ. νῦν.. μεγάλ᾽ εὔχεο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.844 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; στείχοις ἂν ἤ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 624 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδη.. στέλλεσθ; [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 466 ] Refs]; μετὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἤ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 655 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤ. ποτέ now at length, Mitteis [[ “Chr.” 87.8 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; on the verso of a letter, urgent, immediate, PCair. Zen.154 [[(3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἤ. ἤ. ταχὺ ταχύ [[ “PMag.Osl.” 1.319. ] Refs]
__3 opposed to to the future or past, actually, now, οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἤ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.90; τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἤ., τοῖς δ᾽ ἐν ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 614 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ μὲν τάχ᾽, οἱ δ᾽ ἐσαῦθις, οἱ δ᾽ ἤ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 551 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τάχ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ ἤ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 527 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἤ. χάρις present favour, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.134; τὸ ἤ. κολάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]