ἔωρτο

ἔωρτο,

A v. ἀείρω. [full] ἕως (A) ἡ, [dialect] Att. form of the [dialect] Ion. ἠώς (q. v.).

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ἕως (B), [dialect] Ep. [full] εἵως, [full] ἧος (v. sub fin.), [dialect] Dor. [full] ἇς, [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἆς (qq.v.), [dialect] Boeot. [full] ἇς IG7.3303, al., and [full] ἅως ib.2228, 3315.

A Relat. Particle, expressing the point of Time up to which an action goes, with reference to the end of the action, until, till; or to its continuance, while:

I until, till,

1 with Ind., of a fact in past time,

θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, ἧος φίλον ὤλεσε θυμόν Il.11.342

, cf. Od.5.123;

ἕ. ἀπώλεσέν τε καὐτὸς ἐξαπώλετο S.Fr.236

, cf. A.Pers.428, Pl.Chrm.155c, etc.; for

πρίν, μὴ πρότερον ἀπελθεῖν ἕως ἀποκατέστησε τὰ πράγματα D.S.27.4

: with [tense] impf. with ἄν in apodosi, of an unaccomplished action, ἡδέως ἂν Καλλικλεῖ διελεγόμην, ἕ. ἀπέδωκα I would have gone on conversing till I had . . , Pl.Grg.506b, cf.Cra.396c.

2 ἕ. ἄν or κε with Subj. (mostly of [tense] aor.), of an event at an uncertain future time, μαχήσομαι . . ἧός κε τέλος πολέμοιο κιχείω till I find, Il.3.291, cf. 24.183, A.Pr.810, etc.: ἄν is sts. omitted in Trag.,

ἕ. μάθῃς S.Aj.555

;

ἕ. κληθῇ Id.Tr.148

;

ἕ. ἀνῇ τὸ πῆμα Id.Ph.764

: so freq. in later Gr., UPZ18.10 (ii B. C.), PGrenf. 2.38.16 (i B. C.), Ev.Marc.14.32, Vett. Val.68.18, etc.;

ἕ. οὗ γένηται Gem.8.32

.

3 ἕ. with Opt. (mostly of [tense] aor.), relating to an event future in relation to past time, ὦρσε . . Βορέην, ἧος ὃ Φαιήκεσσι . . μιγείη caused it to blow, till he should reach . . , Od.5.386, cf. 9.376, Ar.Ra.766, Pl.Phd.59d;

ἕως δέοι βοηθεῖν Th.3.102

, cf.Lys.13.25: ἄν or κε is added to the Opt. (not to ἕως), if the event is represented as conditional, ἕ. κ' ἀπὸ πάντα δοθείη till (if possible) all things should be given back, Od.2.78;

οὐκ [ἂν] ἀποκρίναιο, ἕ. ἂν σκέψαιο Pl.Phd.101d

, cf. S.Tr.687 codd., Isoc.17.15, IG22.1328 (ii B.C.).

b in orat. obliq.,

ἔδωκεν . . ἕ. ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην D.27.5

.

c by assimilation to an opt. with

ἄν, [λόγον] ἂν διδοίης ἕ. ἔλθοις Pl.Phd.101d

.

4 c. subj. or opt., expressing purpose, in order that, Od.4.800, 6.80, 19.367;

πορεύου εἰς Διονυσιάδα . . ἕως τὸν ἐκεῖ ἐλαιῶνα ποτίσῃς PFay.118.12

(ii A. D.); σπούδασον ἕως οὗ ἀγοράσῃ κτλ. POxy.113.25 (ii A. D.); χρυσίον ἐδανισάμην ἕως ὅτε δυνηθῶ ἀγοράσαι ib.130.13 (vi A. D.).

5 with Inf. in orat. obliq.,

ἐντειλάμενος διεκπλέειν ἕ. . . ἀπικνέεσθαι Hdt.4.42

: otherwise only in later Gr.,

ἕ. ἐλθεῖν ἐς . . LXX Ge.10.19

, cf. PLond. 1.131r251 (i A. D.), D.H.9.4 (v.l.), Anon. ap. Suid.s.v. ἰλυσπώμενον.

6 with Advbs. of Time and Place, ἕ. ὅτε till the time when, c. ind., v.l. for ἔστε in X.Cyr.5.1.25; ἕ. οὗ, f.l. for ἐς οὗ, Hdt.2.143: freq. in later Gr., Gem.l.c., Ev.Matt.1.25, etc.; ἕ. ὅτου ib.5.25, etc.; ἕ. πότε; how long? ib.17.17, Ev.Jo.10.24;

ἕ. τότε LXX Ne.2.16

; ἕ. ὀψέ till late, f.l.for ἐς ὀψέ, Th.3.108;

ἕ. ἄρτι 1 Ep.Jo.2.9

; ἕ. ὧδε as far as this place, Ev.Luc.23.5.

b with Preps., of Time,

ἕ. πρὸς καλὸν ἑῷον ἀστέρα AP5.200

; of Place,

ἕ. εἰς τὸν χάρακα Plb.1.11.14

;

ἕ. πρὸς τὸν Καύκασον D.S.2.43

;

ἕ. ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν Act.Ap.17.14

.

II as Prep.,

1 of Time, c. gen., until, ἕως τοῦ ἀποτεῖσαι until he has made payment, Lexap.Aeschin.1.42, cf. LXX Ge.3.19, etc.;

ἕ. τελειώσεως Epicur.Ep. 2p.38U.

;

ἕ. ὡρισμένων χρόνων Phld.D.1.7

; ἕ. τινός for a time, Parth. 9.2, etc.;

ἕ. τοῦ νῦν Ev.Matt.24.21

; ἕ. Ἰωάννου ib.11.13.

b of Place,

ἕ. τοῦ γενέσθαι . .

up to the point where . .

Arist.PA668b2

, cf. HA630b27, Plb.9.36.1; as far as,

ἕ. Σάρδεων Ath.Mitt.44.25

(Samos, iii B.C.);

ἕ. τοῦ Ἀρσινοΐτου νομοῦ PTeb.33.5

(ii B.C.);

ἕ. Φοινίκης Act.Ap.11.19

: so c. gen. pers.,

ἦλθον ἕ. αὐτοῦ Ev.Luc.4.42

, cf. LXX 4 Ki. 4.22.

c of Number or Degree, ἕ. τριῶν πλοίων Docum. ap. D.18.106;

διδόναι ἕ. ταλάντων ἑκατόν LXX 1 Es.8.19(21)

; οὐκ ἔστιν ἕ. ἑνός ib.Ps. 13.3;

οὐκ ἔχομεν ἕ. τῆς τροφῆς τῶν κτηνῶν PTeb.56.7

(ii B.C.);

ἐᾶτε ἕ. τούτου Ev.Luc.22.51

;

μαχοῦμαι ἕ. ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου OGI266.29

(Pergam., iii B.C.);

ἕ. μέθης Corn.ND30

.

2 rarely c. acc.,

ἕ. πρωΐ LXX Jd.19.25

;

ἕ. μεσημβρίαν PLond.1.131r346

, 515 (i A.D.); ἕ. τὸ βωμῷ down to the word "βωμῷ", Sch.Pi.O.6.111.

III while, so long as, c. ind.,

ἧος ἐνὶ Τροίῃ πολεμίζομεν Od.13.315

, cf.17.358,390;

ἕ. δ' ἔτ' ἔμφρων εἰμί A.Ch.1026

, cf. Pers.710 (troch.); ἕ. ἔτι ἐλπὶς [ἦν] Th.8.40;

ἕ. ἔτινέος εἶ Pl.Prm.135d

: in this sense answered in apodosi by τῆος, Od.4.90, Il.20.41; by τόφρα, Od.12.327, Il.18.15; by τόφρα δέ, 10.507; by δέ alone, 1.193, Od.4.120 codd.

b ἕ. ἄν c.subj., when the whole action is future,

οὔ μοι . . ἐλπίς, ἕ. ἂν αἴθῃ πῦρ A.Ag. 1435

;

λέγειν τε χρὴ καὶ ἐρωτᾶν, ἕως ἂν ἐῶσιν Pl.Phd.85b

;

οὐδὲν ἔστ' αὐτῷ βεβαίως ἔχειν ἕ. ἂν ὑμεῖς δημοκρατῆσθε D.10.13

.

c ἕως c. opt. in a Conditional relative clause,

φήσομεν μηδὲν ἂν μεῖζον μηδὲ ἔλαττον γενέσθαι ἕ. ἴσον εἴη αὐτὸ ἐαυτῷ Pl.Tht.155a

.

B in Hom. sts. Demonstr.,= τέως, for a time,

ἧος μὲν . . ὄρνυον· αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ . . Il.12.141

;

ἧος μὲν ἀπείλει . . · ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ . . 13.143

, cf. 17.727,730, Od.2.148;

ἧος μὲν . . ἕποντο . . αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ . . Il.15.277

; all that time, Od.3.126, cf. Hdt.8.74. (ἕως, as iambus, only once in Hom., Od.2.78; as a monosyll., Il.17.727, dub.l. in Od.2.148; when the first syllable is to be long codd. Hom. have εἵως or ἕως (never εἷος or ἧος, Ludwich WkP1890.512, exc. ειος v.l. (PFay.160) in Il.20.41), 3.291, 11.342, al.; εἵως (or ἕως) is found even when the metre requires a trochee, 1.193, al.; comparison of [dialect] Dor. ἇς (from Αος) with [dialect] Att.-[dialect] Ion. ἕως points to early [dialect] Ion. Ηος (cf. Skt. yāvat 'as great as, as long as, until') and this should prob. be restored in Hom.; cf. τέως.)