ε2118Ἐπειδή
since
It is a causal connective particle, but is also used to mean from [the time] when; thus even did Thucydides often use [it], and Homer beforehand. "Since first it left its stump in the mountains," [said] about the…
Ἐπειδή· ἔστι μὲν σύνδεσμος παρασυναπτικός, λαμβάνεται δὲ καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀφ' οὗ· ὡς καὶ Θουκυδίδης πολλάκις ἐχρήσατο καὶ Ὅμηρος πρότερον. ἐπειδὴ πρῶτα τομὴν ἐν ὄρεσι λέλοιπε, περὶ…