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ἕως (B), Ep. εἵως , ἧος (v. sub fin.), Dor. ἇς , Aeol. ἆς (qq.v.), Boeot. ἇς IG7.3303, al., and 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,
2. . ἄν or κε with Subj. (mostly of 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., “. μάθῃςS.Aj.555; “. κληθῇId.Tr.148; “. ἀνῇ τὸ πῆμαId.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.; “. οὗ γένηταιGem.8.32.
3. . with Opt. (mostly of aor.), relating to an event future in relation to past time, ὦρσε . . Βορέην, ἧος Φαιήκεσσι . . μιγείη caused it to blow, till he should reach . . , Od.5.386, cf. 9.376, Ar.Ra.766, Pl.Phd.59d; “ἕως δέοι βοηθεῖνTh.3.102, cf.Lys.13.25: ἄν or κε is added to the Opt. (not to ἕως), if the event is represented as conditional, . κ᾽ ἀπὸ πάντα δοθείη till (if possible) all things should be given back, Od.2.78; “οὐκ [ἂν] ἀποκρίναιο, . ἂν σκέψαιοPl.Phd.101d, cf. S.Tr.687 codd., Isoc.17.15, IG22.1328 (ii B.C.).
c. by assimilation to an opt. with “ἄν, [λόγον] ἂν διδοίης . ἔλθοιςPl.Phd.101d.
5. with Inf. in orat. obliq., “ἐντειλάμενος διεκπλέειν . . . ἀπικνέεσθαιHdt.4.42: otherwise only in later Gr., “. 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, . ὅτε till the time when, c. ind., v.l. for ἔστε in X.Cyr.5.1.25; . οὗ, f.l. for ἐς οὗ, Hdt.2.143: freq. in later Gr., Gem.l.c., Ev.Matt.1.25, etc.; . ὅτου ib.5.25, etc.; . πότε; how long? ib.17.17, Ev.Jo.10.24; “. τότεLXX Ne.2.16; . ὀψέ till late, f.l.for ἐς ὀψέ, Th.3.108; “. ἄρτι1 Ep.Jo.2.9; . ὧδε as far as this place, Ev.Luc.23.5.
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.; “. τελειώσεωςEpicur.Ep. 2p.38U.; “. ὡρισμένων χρόνωνPhld.D.1.7; . τινός for a time, Parth. 9.2, etc.; “. τοῦ νῦνEv.Matt.24.21; . Ἰωάννου ib.11.13.
b. of Place, “. τοῦ γενέσθαι . .up to the point where . . Arist.PA668b2, cf. HA630b27, Plb.9.36.1; as far as, “. ΣάρδεωνAth.Mitt.44.25 (Samos, iii B.C.); “. τοῦ Ἀρσινοΐτου νομοῦPTeb.33.5 (ii B.C.); “. ΦοινίκηςAct.Ap.11.19: so c. gen. pers., “ἦλθον . αὐτοῦEv.Luc.4.42, cf. LXX 4 Ki. 4.22.
2. rarely c. acc., “. πρωΐLXX Jd.19.25; “. μεσημβρίανPLond.1.131r346, 515 (i A.D.); . τὸ "βωμῷ" down to the word "βωμῷ", Sch.Pi.O.6.111.
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 Dor. ἇς (from Α῟ος) with Att.-Ion. ἕως points to early Ion. Η῟ος (cf. Skt. yāvat 'as great as, as long as, until') and this should prob. be restored in Hom.; cf. τέως.)
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