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. Pax 32 : 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 , Sardis 7(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. HG 4.3.17 ; 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 , IG 12.57.21 , 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. NA 2.25 , 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. Τᾱος, Old Ion. Τῆος (cf. Skt. tāvat 'so great, so long'), whence later Ion. and Att. τέως.)