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ἔστε , Dor. ἕστε EM382.8, v.l. in Theoc.5.22, al., cf. Eust.161 fin. (written εστε in IG14.352ii60 (Halaesa)); Locr.ἔντε ib.9(1).334.15 ; Delph. jέντε Schwyzer 323 B44 (also εἴστε, v. infr.); Boeot. ἔττε IG7.3054.7 (Lebad.): from ἐνς (= εἰς) with suffix -τε as in ὅ-τε, and so εἴστε SIG241.69 (Delph., iv B. C.). (
A.“ἔσκε” Archil.14, AP7.727 (Theaet.) may be f.l.). —Found in post-Homeric Ep., Ion., Trag., X., POxy. 2120.7 (iii A. D.), etc. (it is f.l. in Pl.Smp.211c).
I. CONJUNCTION, = ἕως :
1. up to the time that, until,
a. with aor. ind., of actual occurrence in past time, “ἄτερ γνώμης τὸ πᾶν ἔπρασσον ἔ. δή σφιν ἀντολὰς ἐγὼ ἄστρων ἔδειξα” A.Pr.457. cf. S.Ant.415,Aj.1031,El.753 ; “ἔ. περ” A.R.2.85 ; “παίουσι τὸν Σωτηρίδαν ἔστε ἠνάγκασαν πορεύεσθαι” X. An.3.4.49, cf. 2.5.30.
b. with aor. subj. and ἄν, of future time, after primary tenses, “ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην ἔστ᾽ ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου” A.Pr.378, cf. 697, Eu.449 ; “τῇδε μενέομεν ἔστ᾽ ἂν καὶ τελευτήσωμεν” Hdt.7.141, cf. 158 ; “περιμένετε ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἐγὼ ἔλθω” X.An.5.1.4 ; ἔντε, ἕντε κ᾽ ἀποτείσῃ, IG9(1).334.15, Schwyzer323 B44 (v/iv B. C.) ; ἕστε κε indef., until such time as.., Theoc.5.22 ; “χιμάρῳ δὲ καλὸν κρέας ἕστε κ᾽ ἀμέλξῃς” Id.1.6, cf.6.32 ; also after historical tenses, “ἐδέοντο Εὐρυβιάδεω προσμεῖναι ἔστ᾽ ἂν αὐτοὶ τέκνα τε καὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας ὑπεκθέωνται” Hdt.8.4, cf. X.HG3.1.15, An.4.5.28 : retained in orat. obliq., “αὐτὸς ἔφη παραμενεῖν ἔστ᾽ ἂν τοὺς βότρυς ποιήσωσι γλεῦκος” Longus 4.5: ἄν omitted, “ἀρήγετ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐγὼ μόλω” S.Aj.1183 ; cf. ἄν (A) B.1.2.
c. with aor. opt. after historical tenses (representing ἔστ᾽ ἄν with subj.), “ἐπιμεῖναι ἐκέλευσαν ἔστε βουλεύσαιντο” X.An.5.5.2 ; ἀνέμενεν αὐτοὺς ἔστ᾽ ἐμφάγοιέν τι he always waited until.., Id.Cyr.8.1.44 ; in orat. obliq., ὅτι..δέοιτο ἂν αὐτοῦ μένειν ἔστε σὺ ἀπέλθοις ib.5.3.13.
d. with aor. inf., in orat. obliq. and the like for opt., ἔστε αὐτὴν νέμεσθαι Κρῆτας, = ἔστε αὐτὴν νέμοιντο Κρῆτες, Hdt.7.171; freq. in later writers, ἔστε Δαρεῖον γνῶναι, = ἔστε Δαρεῖος γνοίη, Arr.An.2.1.3 ; ἔστε παρελθεῖν ib.4.7.1, cf. Ael.NA2.11 ; for ἔστ᾽ ἄν with subj., Arr.Cyn.2.4,25.2,31.5.
e. with impf. ind., “ἔστ᾽ ἀφίκανεν” A.R.4.849.
2. so long as, while,
a. with impf. ind. of actual occurrence in past time, “ἔστε μὲν..ἔπινον, ἡδὺ τέως ἐδόκει” Thgn.959 ; “ἔστε μὲν αἱ σπονδαὶ ἦσαν, οὔποτε ἐπαυόμην” X.An.3.1.19, cf. Mem.1.2.18, Arr.An.2.11.6.
b. with pres. subj. and ἄν, of future time, “ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἀοιδάων ᾖ γένος Ἑλλαδικῶν” Xenoph.6.4; “οὐ μὲν δὴ λήξω ἔστ᾽ ἂν..λεύσσω.. τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ” S.El.105 (anap.), cf. E.Alc.337 ; “ἔστ᾽ ἄνπερ ἐπιδεικνύηται” X.Eq.11.9 ; ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἔκδημος (sc. ᾖ) “χθονὸς Θησεύς, ἄπειμι” E.Hipp. 659 : so with pf. subj., = pres., “ὑμῖν Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπαγγέλλονται γυναῖκας ἐπιθρέψειν, ἔστ᾽ ἂν ὁ πόλεμος ὅδε συνεστήκῃ” Hdt.8.142 ; of present time, Emp.42.2.
c. with pres. opt. after historical tenses (representing ἔστ᾽ ἄν with subj.), “ἐδόκει τοῖς στρατηγοῖς βέλτιον εἶναι τὸν πόλεμον ἀκήρυκτον εἶναι, ἔστ᾽ ἐν τῇ πολεμίᾳ εἶεν” X.An.3.3.5 ; τοσοῦτον χρόνον ζῆν ἔστε νικῴη.. ib.1.9.11.
d. with aor. subj. and “ἄν, ἔστ᾽ ἂν πολεμίους δείσωσι κελευόμενα πάντα ποιοῦσι” Id.Mem.3.5.6.
II. ADV. even to,
a. of Space, up to, “βόθροι ἐγίγνοντο μεγάλοι ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸ δάπεδον” Id.An.4.5.6, cf. 4.8.8, Arr.An.1.28.3 ; “ἕστ᾽ ἐπὶ πᾶχυν” Theoc.7.67.
b. of Time, “ἔστε ἐπὶ κνέφας” Arr.An. 7.25.2 ; ἕστε ἐς.., κατὰ.., IG14.352 ii 60, i65 (Halaesa); “εἴστε εἰς Θεύχαριν ἄρχοντα” SIG241.69 (Delph., iv B. C.) ; “ἔστε πρὸς τὸ ἐφηβικόν” Luc.Nav.3.
III. PREPOSITION, c. acc..
a. of Space, up to, ἔστε τὸν ὅρον, ἔστε καὶ τὰν φάραγγα, Schwyzer289.166,169 (ii B. C.) ; “παρατείνει ἔστε τὴν θάλασσαν” Arr.Ind.2.2 (<ἐπί> Hercher).
b. of Time, until, up to, “ἔ. καὶ τὸν νῦν χρόνον” Schwyzer289.113; “ἔ. καὶ τὰν τριακάδα τοῦ Ἀλσείου” SIG1023.25 (Cos, iii/ii B. C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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