τέως

τέως, [dialect] Ep. prob. [full] τῆος (not in codd. of Hom., v. sub fin.):—Adv. of Time,

A so long, in the meantime, correlat. to

ἕως, ἧος ἐγὼ . . ἠλώμην, τῆός μοι ἀδελφεὸν ἄλλος ἔπεφνεν Od.4.91

, cf. Il.20.42; to ὄφρα, 19.189; so in [dialect] Att.,

ἐσθίων τ. ἕως . . Ar.Pax32

: sts. without a Relat., until then, during that time, referring to a time already indicated,

ἐς γάμου ὥρην . . · τῆος δὲ . . παρὰ μητρὶ κεῖσθαι ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ Od.15.127

; τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν . . · ὁ δὲ τῆος (Nauck, for τέως μὲν) . . δέδετο ib.231, cf.S.Aj. 558; ποσσῆμαρ μέμονας . . , ὄφρα τ . . . μένω, i.e. for that number of days, Il.24.658, cf. Od.16.370; ἐγὼ δ' οἴσω τ. E.Heracl.725, cf. Ar.Pax 687,729 (anap.).

2 rarely for ἕως, Hdt.4.165, Hp.Int.26, Mul.2.165, Pl.Smp.191e, D.19.326, 21.16, A.R.4.821, 1617, Sardis7(1)No. 1 ii 12,19.

II for a time, a while (cf. ἕως B), mostly with some answering word or phrase, as

τῆος μὲν . . , αὐτὰρ νῦν Od.16.139

;

τῆος . . , ἀλλ' ὅτε δή 24.162

(Nauck, for τέως μὲν . . )

; φίλον τ., νῦν δ' ἐχθρόν A.Ch.1001(993)

;

τ. μὲν . . , ὡς δὲ . . Th.6.61

, Pl.Phd.117c; τ. μὲν . . , ἐπεὶ or ἐπειδὴ δὲ . . , X.Cyr.5.3.17, Lys.31.8;

τ. μὲν . . , ἡνίκα δὲ . . X.HG4.3.17

;

τ. μὲν . . , μετὰ δὲ . . Hdt.1.11

;

τ. μὲν . . , ἔπειτα δὲ . . Id.6.83

;

τ. μὲν . . , τέλος δὲ . . Id.1.82

;

τ. μὲν . . , νῦν δὲ . . Ar.Th.449

; τ. μὲν . . , ἔπειτα or εἶτα . . , without δέ, Th.5.7, X.HG 2.2.17, Ar.Nu.66:—without answering phrase, A.R.2.132.

III up to this time, hitherto, Hdt.6.112, Ar.Pl.834, Pl.Smp.191b, IG12.57.21, 108.48;

ἐν τῷ τ. χρόνῳ Lys.7.12

, 27.16 (but ἐν τῷ τ. in the meantime, Polyaen.1.39.4, 8.47.1, Ael.NA2.25, 11.38, Steph. in Hp. 1.217 D., condemned by Hdn.Philet.p.434 P.; διὰ τὸ τ. for the present, Zos.Alch.p.231 B.);

φίλοι τ. ὄντες Is.1.9

.

IV τ. εἰδέναι χρή you must know to begin with, Gp.9.11.1, 9.19.1;

νυνὶ δ' αὐτὸ τὸ κεφάλαιον . . ἄκουσον εἰς ὀλίγους τ. ἀνενηνεγμένον σκοπούς Gal.15.764

. [As a trochee before a vowel, Il.20.42, Od.16.370; as a trochee (spondee) before a consonant, Il.15.277 (Zenod.), Od.4.91, 15.127, 16.139; as an iambus, only Il.19.189 (sed leg. αὐτόθι τῆος, om. περ), 24.658, Od.18.190; as a monosyll., 15.231, 24.162, never in Il.; in codd. of Hom. written τείως, Od.4.91, al. (so in A.R.2.132, al.);

τέως Il.24.658

, al.; rarely τεῖος, one cod. in Il.20.42.] (Cret. [full] τάως Hsch.: but the dialect forms of the correlative ἕως (ἇς etc.) indicate a primitive Gr. Τᾱος, Old [dialect] Ion. Τῆος (cf. Skt. tāvat 'so great, so long'), whence later [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Att. τέως.)