A.so long, in the meantime, correlat. to “ἕως, ἧος ἐγὼ . . ἠλώμην, τῆός μοι ἀδελφεὸν ἄλλος ἔπεφνεν” Od.4.91, cf. Il.20.42; to ὄφρα, 19.189; so in Att., “ἐσθίων τ. ἕως . .” Ar.Pax32: sts. without a Relat., until then, during that time, referring to a time already indicated, “ἐς γάμου ὥρην . . : τῆος δὲ . . παρὰ μητρὶ κεῖσθαι ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ” Od.15.127; τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν . . : ὁ δὲ τῆος (Nauck, for τέως μὲν） . . δέδετο ib.231, cf.S.Aj. 558; ποσσῆμαρ μέμονας . . , ὄφρα τ . . . μένω, i.e. for that number of days, Il.24.658, cf. Od.16.370; ἐγὼ δ᾽ οἴσω τ. E.Heracl.725, cf. Ar.Pax 687,729 (anap.).
2. rarely for ἕως, Hdt.4.165, Hp.Int.26, Mul.2.165, Pl.Smp.191e, D.19.326, 21.16, A.R.4.821, 1617, Sardis7(1)No. 1 ii 12,19.
II. for a time, a while (cf. ἕως B), mostly with some answering word or phrase, as “τῆος μὲν . . , αὐτὰρ νῦν” Od.16.139; “τῆος . . , ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δή” 24.162 (Nauck, for τέως μὲν . . ）“; φίλον τ., νῦν δ᾽ ἐχθρόν” A.Ch.1001(993); “τ. μὲν . . , ὡς δὲ . .” Th.6.61, Pl.Phd.117c; τ. μὲν . . , ἐπεὶ or ἐπειδὴ δὲ . . , X.Cyr.5.3.17, Lys.31.8; “τ. μὲν . . , ἡνίκα δὲ . .” X.HG4.3.17; “τ. μὲν . . , μετὰ δὲ . . ” Hdt.1.11; “τ. μὲν . . , ἔπειτα δὲ . . ” Id.6.83; “τ. μὲν . . , τέλος δὲ . .” Id.1.82; “τ. μὲν . . , νῦν δὲ . .” Ar.Th.449; τ. μὲν . . , ἔπειτα or εἶτα . . , without δέ, Th.5.7, X.HG 2.2.17, Ar.Nu.66:—without answering phrase, A.R.2.132.
III. up to this time, hitherto, Hdt.6.112, Ar.Pl.834, Pl.Smp.191b, IG12.57.21, 108.48; “ἐν τῷ τ. χρόνῳ” Lys.7.12, 27.16 (but ἐν τῷ τ. in the meantime, Polyaen.1.39.4, 8.47.1, Ael.NA2.25, 11.38, Steph. in Hp. 1.217 D., condemned by Hdn.Philet.p.434 P.; διὰ τὸ τ. for the present, Zos.Alch.p.231 B.); “φίλοι τ. ὄντες” Is.1.9.
IV. τ. εἰδέναι χρή you must know to begin with, Gp.9.11.1, 9.19.1; “νυνὶ δ᾽ αὐτὸ τὸ κεφάλαιον . . ἄκουσον εἰς ὀλίγους τ. ἀνενηνεγμένον σκοπούς” Gal.15.764. [As a trochee before a vowel, Il.20.42, Od.16.370; as a trochee (spondee) before a consonant, Il.15.277 (Zenod.), Od.4.91, 15.127, 16.139; as an iambus, only Il.19.189 (sed leg. αὐτόθι τῆος, om. περ), 24.658, Od.18.190; as a monosyll., 15.231, 24.162, never in Il.; in codd. of Hom. written τείως, Od.4.91, al. (so in A.R.2.132, al.); “τέως” Il.24.658, al.; rarely τεῖος, one cod. in Il.20.42.] (Cret. τάως Hsch.: but the dialect forms of the correlative ἕως （ἇς etc.) indicate a primitive Gr. Τα_ος, Old Ion. Τῆος (cf. Skt. tāvat 'so great, so long'), whence later Ion. and Att. τέως.)
