χθές,
adverb (lengthened ἐχθές (which see); where the word occurs in NT, [[NT.John.4.52, NT.Act.7.28, NT.Heb.13.8, codices vary between ἐχθές] NT] and χθέ; χθές is not found in Ptolemaic papyri, but in [[ “PLond.” 2.161.8 (3rd c.AD))] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—yesterday, [[ hymnus ad Mercurium 273, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.113, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 327a, “Smp.” 174a, etc.: frequently placed between _Article_ and ] Refs 5th c.BC+] substantive, ἡ χ. ὁμολογία, οἱ χ. λόγοι,[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216a, “Ti.” 26e; τῇ χ. ἡμέρᾳ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.773e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. μὲν.., τὰ νῦν δὲ.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 17a: frequently πρώην τε καὶ χ., χ. καὶ πρώην, see at {πρώην} 11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.11, cf. LXX.Gen.31.2 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit hyás 'yesterday', Latin heri, hesternus, OHG. gestaron 'yesterday', etc.)