adv., hier, HH. Merc. 273 ; THC. 8, 13 ; XÉN. Cyr. 7, 5, 43, etc. ; PLAT. Conv. 474 a, etc. ; ἡ χθὲς ἡμέρα, PLUT. M. 773 d, le jour d’hier, hier ; νῦν καὶ χθές, PLUT. M. 1074 e, hier et aujourd’hui ; χθὲς καὶ σήμερον, NT. Hebr. 13, 8, m. sign. ; πρῴην τε καὶ χθές, HDT. 2, 53 ; πρῴην καὶ χθές, DÉM. 1093, 3 ; plus souv. χθὲς καὶ πρῴην, PLAT. Leg. 677 d ; DÉM. 270, 21 ; DS. 2, 5 ; LUC. Herm. 30 ; ou χθές τε καὶ πρῴην, AR. Ran. 726 ; ARSTD. t. 1, 276, hier et avant-hier ; χθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν, XÉN. Cyr. 6, 3, 11, m sign.

Étym. indo-europ. *d^hǵ^hies-, hier, avec métathèse c. dans χθών ; cf. lat. heri = proto-italique *χes-i, sscr. hyás.

Adv. (lengthd. ἐχθές; where the word occurs in NT, Ev. Jo. 4.52, Act. Ap. 7.28, Ep. Hebr. 13.8, codd. vary betw. ἐχθές and χθές· χθές is not found in Ptolemaic papyri, but in PLond. 2.161.8 (iii AD)) : — yesterday, h.Merc. 273, Th. 3.113, Pl. R. 327a, Smp. 174a, etc. ; freq. placed between Art. and Subst., ἡ χ. ὁμολογία, οἱ χ. λόγοι, Pl. Sph. 216a, Ti. 26e; τῇ χ. ἡμέρᾳ Plu. 2.773e; χ. μὲν…, τὰ νῦν δὲ… Pl. Ti. 17a; freq. πρώην τε καὶ χ., χ. καὶ πρώην, v. πρώην II; χ. καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν v.l. in X. Cyr. 6.3.11, cf. LXX Ge. 31.2. (Cf. Skt. hyás ΄yesterday΄, Lat. heri, hesternus, OHG. gestaron ΄yesterday΄, etc.)

advb., wie ἐχθές (s. Lobeck Phryn. 323), gestern ; H.h. Merc. 273 ; Plat. Symp. 174a u. sonst oft bei den Att.; πρώην τε καὶ χθές, auch χθὲς καὶ πρώην, gestern und vorgestern, d.i. jüngst, neulich, überh. eine nahe Vergangenheit bezeichnend, Her. 2.53 ; Ar. Ran. 726 ; Plat. Gorg. 470d, Legg. III.677d ; Dem. 18.130 u. sonst ; vgl. Wesseling DS. 2.53 ; eben so χθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν, Xen. Cyr. 6.3.11. – Mit dem Artikel, gestrig, κατὰ τὴν χθὲς ὁμολογίαν ἥκομεν Plat. Soph. i. A.; Tim. 26e u. Sp. – Die ursprüngliche Form χές (vgl. χθαμαλός) wird durch das lat. hesi, heri, hesiternus, hesternus beglaubigt.

ἐχθές
(Rec. χθές), adv., [in LXX for תְּמוֹל, etc. ;]
yesterday: Jhn.4:52, Act.7:28, Heb.13:8 (on the form, see Rutherford, NPhr., 370 f.).†
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 ); 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 ); ἐ. καὶ τρίτης [ἡμέρας] ( LXX.Ruth.2.11, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 10.7. (ἐχθές is commoner than χθές) 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.)) (AS)