ἄρτι

A. just, exactly, of coincidence of Time, just now (not in Hom.):

1. mostly of the present, with pres. tense, Thgn. 998, Pi. P. 4.158, A. Th. 534; opp. πάλαι, with pf., τέθνηκεν ἄ. S. Ant. 1283; βεβᾶσιν ἄ. Id. El. 1386; ἄ. ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι; Pl. Cri. 43a; more fully ἄ. νυνί Ar. Lys. 1008; ἄ. . . νῦν or νῦν . . ἄ., Pl. Plt. 291a, 291b; later, = νῦν, Theoc. 23.26, Ep.Gal. 1.9, J. AJ 1.6.1; ἄ. καὶ πρώην to-day and yesterday, i. e. very lately, Plu. Brut.I, etc.; ἕως ἄ. till now, Ev.Matt. 11.12, POxy. 936.23 (iii A. D.): with Subst., ὁ ἄ. λόγος Pl. Tht. 153e; ἡλικίαν . . τὴν ἄ. ἐκ παίδων X. HG 5.4.25; ἡ ἄ. ὥρα 1 Ep.Cor. 4.11, PMag.Lond. 1.121.373; ἄ. μὲν . . ἄ. δὲ . . now . . now . . , at one time . . at another . . , Luc. Nigr. 4.

2. of the past, just now, with impf., ἄ. βλάστεσκε dub.in S. Fr. 546, cf.E. Ba. 677, Pl. Grg. 454b: with aor., λέξας ἄ. S. Aj. 1272; καθῃμάτωσεν ἄ. E. Ph. 1160; opp. νῦν, ὃ ἄ. ἐρρήθη . . νῦν δὲ . . Pl. Alc. 1.130d, cf. 127c; ἐν τῷ ἄ., opp. ἐν τῷ νῦν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔπειτα, Id. Men. 89c.

3. in Antiph. 26.7 (s.v.l.) and later also of the future, just now, presently, Luc. Sol. 1, App. Mith. 69, Astramps. Orac. 94.2; condemned by Phryn. 12; also, just at present, πλεύσεις, ἄ. δὲ οὔ Astramps. Orac. 92.7: with imper., Nonn. D. 20.277, etc. (Perh. cogn. with Skt. ṛtám 'ordinance', ṛtás 'correct'.)