ὄφρα

ὄφρᾰ, used as a Final and Temporal Conj., correlat. to τόφρα, by [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Dor. Poets, and thrice (in the latter sense) in lyr. passages of Trag., A.Ch.360, Eu.338, S.El.225.

A Final Conj., that, in order that:

I with subj.,

1 after primary tenses and imper., Il.1.524, 4.205, al.; so also

ὄ. κε 22.382

, etc.;

ὄφρ' ἄν Od.17.10

, 18.364;

ὄ. μή Il.1.118

, etc.; ἴομεν, ὄ. κε θᾶσσον ἐγείρομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα (where ἴομεν, ἐγείρομεν are [dialect] Ep. for ἴωμεν, ἐγείρωμεν) 2.440; so ὄ. . . ἱερεύσομεν, for -ωμεν, 6.308, etc.; so also

ὄ. . . αἰνέσω Pi.O.7.15

;

ὄ. . . κελαδῆτον Id.P.11.9

;

ὄ. βάσομεν . . ἵκωμαί τε Id.O.6.23

(where βάσομεν is prob. [tense] aor. subj.);

ὄ. μήσεται B.17.42

; but Hom. thrice uses it with [tense] fut. ind.,

ὄφρα καὶ Ἕκτωρ εἴσεται Il.16.242

;

ὄφρα . . ἔπος ὑποθήσεαι Od.4.163

;

ὄφρα με μήτηρ ὄψεται 17.6

.

2 after past tenses, Il.1.158,444, 5.128, Od.3.15, 6.173, 9.13, Pi.P.4.92, A.R.1.16, 3.1307, 4.908.

II with opt. after past tenses, Il.4.300, Od.1.261, etc.: rarely ὄφρα κε or ὄφρ' ἄν with opt., Il.12.26, Od.17.298.

B Temporal conj.:

I so long as, while,

1 commonly with [tense] impf.,

ἀνδρῶν . . ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας, ὄφρ' Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν Il.2.769

, cf. Od.20.136, al.: the correlat. τόφρα or τόφρα δέ . . commonly follows in apodosi, as ὄ. μὲν ἠὼς ἦν καὶ ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ, τόφρα δὲ . . 9.56, cf. Il.4.220,9.550, 15.343, etc.

2 with subj., and usu. with ἄν, κε or κεν, 6.113, Od.2.124, etc.: also pleon., ὄφρ' ἂν μέν κεν ὁρᾷς, with τόφρα in apodosi, Il.11.202, cf. Od.5.361, 6.259; but τόφρα precedes in Od.2.124: sts. without ἄν, κε or κεν, Il.4.346, Od.15.81, etc.: in Il.24.554 κεῖται (so codd. with v.l. κῆται) is subj.

II until:

1 with [tense] aor. ind., of a fact in past time, ὄ. καὶ αὐτὼ κατέκταθεν till at last they too were slain, Il.5.557, cf. 588, 10.488, 13.329, Od.5.57, 7.141, etc.; with τόφρα preceding, 4.289.

2 with [tense] aor. subj., of an event at an uncertain future time, ἔχει κότον, ὄ. τελέσσῃ he bears malice till he shall have satisfied it, Il.1.82, cf. 14.87, 16.10: but in this case ἄν (κε or κεν) is commonly added, 6.258, 10.444, Od.4.588, etc.; with τόφρα preceding, Il.1.509.

3 with opt., of an event future in relation to past time,

νωλεμέως δ' ἐχόμην, ὄφρ' ἐξεμέσειεν Od.12.437

, cf. 3.285, Il.10.571.

III used for τόφρα or τέως (cf. ἕως B), for a while, only in Il.15.547.

IV ὄ. ποτὶ στόμα Θερμώδοντος as far as, up to, A.R.2.805.