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ἄχρι and ἄχρις (v. sub fin.):
2. after Hom., before Preps., “ἄχρι εἰς ΚοτύωραX.An.5.5.4; “. ἐς ποταμόνTab.Heracl.1.17; ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, Luc.Nigr.36, Herm.24; “ἄχρις ἐπ᾽ ἄκνηστινA.R.4.1403; “ἐπ᾽ ὀστέονIG12(7).115.9 (Amorgos); “ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶνThphr.Char.19.3; “ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶQ.S.6.177; “ἄχρι ὑπὸ τὴν πυγήνLuc.DMort.27.4: less freq. after the Noun, “ἐς τέλος ἄχριςQ.S.2.617, cf. Nonn.D.5.153, etc.: rarely c. acc., “ἄχρι . . θρόνον ἦλθενIG14.2012 (Sulp. Max.): with an Adv., ἄχρι πόρρω still farther, Luc.Am.12; “ἄχρι δεῦροS.E.M.8.401.
II. Prep. with gen., even to, as far as,
2. of Space, as far as, even to,ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦHdt.2.138 (who elsewh. has μέχρι)“; . τῆς ὁδοῦIG12.893; “. τῆς πυλίδοςSIG2587.25; “. τοῦ ΠειραιῶςD.18.301; “ἔδακνεν ἄχρι τῆς καρδίαςCom.Adesp.475; “ἄχρις ἥπατοςTi.Locr.101a, cf. 100e; “ἄχρι τῆς πόλεωςD.H.2.43; “. τοῦ δεῦροGal.10.676: after its case, “ἰνίου ἄχριςEuph.41.
III. as Conj., ἄχρι, ἄχρις with or without οὗ,
2. of Space, so far as,διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναιX.Cyr.5.4.16: c. subj., “αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίουThphr.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 “ἄχριςMen.Sam.179.—Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, = ṃ-χρι, cf. μέχρι.
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