ἄχρι

ἄχρι and [full] ἄχρις (v. sub fin.):

I Adv. to the uttermost, τένοντε

καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησεν Il.4.522

;

ἀπὸ δ' ὀστέον ἄχρις ἄραξε 16.324

, cf. 17.599.

2 after Hom., before Preps.,

ἄχρι εἰς Κοτύωρα X.An.5.5.4

;

ἄ. ἐς ποταμόν Tab.Heracl.1.17

; ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, Luc.Nigr.36, Herm.24;

ἄχρις ἐπ' ἄκνηστιν A.R.4.1403

;

ἐπ' ὀστέον IG12(7).115.9

([place name] Amorgos);

ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶν Thphr.Char.19.3

;

ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ Q.S.6.177

;

ἄχρι ὑπὸ τὴν πυγήν Luc.DMort.27.4

: less freq. after the Noun,

ἐς τέλος ἄχρις Q.S.2.617

, cf. Nonn.D.5.153, etc.: rarely c. acc.,

ἄχρι . . θρόνον ἦλθεν IG14.2012

(Sulp. Max.): with an Adv., ἄχρι πόρρω still farther, Luc.Am.12;

ἄχρι δεῦρο S.E.M.8.401

.

II Prep. with gen., even to, as far as,

1 of Time, until, ἄχρι μάλα κνέφαος until deep in the night, Od.18.370;

ἄχρι τῆς τήμερον ἡμέρας D.9.28

;

ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἄχρι τῆς τελευτῆς Id.18.179

;

ἄχρι γήρως Apollod.Com.2

; ἄχρι δὲ τούτου until then, Sol.13.35;

ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν Timostr.1

, Ep.Rom.8.22;

ἄχρι νῦν Luc. Tim.39

, LXX Ge.44.28;

ἄχρι παντός

continually,

Plu.Cic.6

.

2 of Space, as far as, even to,

ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦ Hdt.2.138

(who elsewh. has μέχρι)

; ἄ. τῆς ὁδοῦ IG12.893

;

ἄ. τῆς πυλίδος SIG2587.25

;

ἄ. τοῦ Πειραιῶς D.18.301

;

ἔδακνεν ἄχρι τῆς καρδίας Com.Adesp.475

;

ἄχρις ἥπατος Ti.Locr.101a

, cf. 100e;

ἄχρι τῆς πόλεως D.H.2.43

;

ἄ. τοῦ δεῦρο Gal.10.676

: after its case,

ἰνίου ἄχρις Euph.41

.

3 of Measure or Degree, ἄχρι τούτου up to this point, D.23.122;

ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν X.Smp.4.37

;

ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι D.8.77

;

ἄ. θανάτου Act.Ap. 22.4

; ἄχρι τῆς πρὸς τὸν πλησίον δοξοκοπίας Polystr.p.19 W.

III as Conj., ἄχρι, ἄχρις with or without οὗ,

1 of Time, until, so long as,

ἄχρι οὗ ὅδε ὁ λόγος ἐγράφετο X.HG6.4.37

;

ἄχρις ὅτου Epigr.Gr.314.24

([place name] Smyrna); ἄχρι οὗ ἄν or ἄχρι ἄν with Subj., ἄχρι ἂν σχολάσῃ till he should be at leisure, X.An.2.3.2;

ἄχρις οὗ ἂν δοκέῃ Hp.Fist.3

;

ἄχρις ἂν αἱ ἡμέραι παρέλθωσιν Id.Int.40

; ἄχρι ἂν ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές [ἡ ἱστορία] Luc.Hist.Conscr.9: without

ἄν, ἄχρις ῥεύσῃ Bion 1.47

; ἄχρι οὗ τελευτήσῃ (v.l. -σει) Hdt.1.117;

ἄχρι οὗ ἐπιλάμψῃ Plu.Aem.17

; ἄχρι ἄν, c.inf., Epist.Mithr. in SIG741.37: c. inf. only,

ἄχρις ἱκέσθαι ὀστέον Q.S.4.361

.

2 of Space, so far as,

διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναι X.Cyr.5.4.16

: c. subj.,

αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίου Thphr.HP5.1.8

; cf. μέχρι throughout. —[dialect] Ep. poets use ἄχρι or ἄχρις, as the metre requires: in [dialect] Ion. μέχρι is preferred (v. supr.): but ἄχρι, -ις are more common in Hom. than μέχρι: the only [dialect] Att. forms are ἄχρι, μέχρι, before both consonants and vowels, cf. Phryn.6, Moer.34; and so in [dialect] Att. Inscrr. (where it is somewhat less freq. than μέχρι): ἄχρι ἄν with hiatus in IG2.2729, Hegesipp.Com.1.26; but

ἄχρις Men.Sam.179

.—Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, = ṃṃ-χρι, cf. μέχρι.)