Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

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 (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 (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. —Ep. poets use ἄχρι or ἄχρις, as the metre requires: in Ion. μέχρι is preferred (v. supr.): but ἄχρι, -ις are more common in Hom. than μέχρι: the only Att. forms are ἄχρι, μέχρι, before both consonants and vowels, cf. Phryn.6, Moer.34; and so in 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, = ṃ-χρι, cf. μέχρι.）