A). Relat. Particle, expressing the point of Time up to which an action goes, with reference to the end of the action, until, till; or to its continuance, while:

I). until, till,

1). with Ind., of a fact in past time, θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, ἧος φίλον ὤλεσε θυμόν Il. 11.342 , cf. Od. 5.123 ; ἕ. ἀπώλεσέν τε καὐτὸς ἐξαπώλετο S. Fr. 236 , cf. A. Pers. 428 , Pl. Chrm. 155c , etc.; for πρίν, μὴ πρότερον ἀπελθεῖν ἕως ἀποκατέστησε τὰ πράγματα D.S. 27.4 : with impf. with ἄν in apodosi, of an unaccomplished action, ἡδέως ἂν Καλλικλεῖ διελεγόμην, ἕ. ἀπέδωκα I would have gone on conversing till I had .. , Pl. Grg. 506b , cf. Cra. 396c .

2). ἕ. ἄν or κε with Subj. (mostly of aor.), of an event at an uncertain future time, μαχήσομαι .. ἧός κε τέλος πολέμοιο κιχείω till I find, Il. 3.291 , cf. 24.183 , A. Pr. 810 , etc.: ἄν is sts. omitted in Trag., ἕ. μάθῃς S. Aj. 555 ; ἕ. κληθῇ Id. Tr. 148 ; ἕ. ἀνῇ τὸ πῆμα Id. Ph. 764 : so freq. in later Gr., UPZ 18.10 (ii B. C.), PGrenf. 2.38.16 (i B. C.), Ev.Marc. 14.32 , Vett. Val. 68.18 , etc.; ἕ. οὗ γένηται Gem. 8.32 .

3). ἕ. with Opt. (mostly of aor.), relating to an event future in relation to past time, ὦρσε .. Βορέην, ἧος ὃ Φαιήκεσσι .. μιγείη caused it to blow, till he should reach .. , Od. 5.386 , cf. 9.376 , Ar. Ra. 766 , Pl. Phd. 59d ; ἕως δέοι βοηθεῖν Th. 3.102 , cf. Lys. 13.25 : ἄν or κε is added to the Opt. (not to ἕως), if the event is represented as conditional, ἕ. κ’ ἀπὸ πάντα δοθείη till (if possible) all things should be given back, Od. 2.78 ; οὐκ [ἂν] ἀποκρίναιο, ἕ. ἂν σκέψαιο Pl. Phd. 101d , cf. S. Tr. 687 codd., Isoc. 17.15 , IG 22.1328 (ii B.C.).

b). in orat. obliq., ἔδωκεν .. ἕ. ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην D. 27.5 .

c). by assimilation to an opt. with ἄν, [λόγον] ἂν διδοίης ἕ. ἔλθοις Pl. Phd. 101d .

4). c. subj. or opt., expressing purpose, in order that, Od. 4.800 , 6.80 , 19.367 ; πορεύου εἰς Διονυσιάδα .. ἕως τὸν ἐκεῖ ἐλαιῶνα ποτίσῃς PFay. 118.12 (ii A. D.); σπούδασον ἕως οὗ ἀγοράσῃ κτλ. POxy. 113.25 (ii A. D.); χρυσίον ἐδανισάμην ἕως ὅτε δυνηθῶ ἀγοράσαι ib. 130.13 (vi A. D.).

5). with Inf. in orat. obliq., ἐντειλάμενος διεκπλέειν ἕ.. . ἀπικνέεσθαι Hdt. 4.42 : otherwise only in later Gr., ἕ. ἐλθεῖν ἐς .. LXX Ge. 10.19 , cf. PLond. 1.131r251 (i A. D.), D.H. 9.4 (v.l.), Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ἰλυσπώμενον .

6). with Advbs. of Time and Place, ἕ. ὅτε till the time when, c. ind., v.l. for ἔστε in X. Cyr. 5.1.25 ; ἕ. οὗ, f.l. for ἐς οὗ , Hdt. 2.143 : freq. in later Gr., Gem.l.c., Ev.Matt. 1.25 , etc.; ἕ. ὅτου ib. 5.25 , etc.; ἕ. πότε; how long? ib. 17.17 , Ev.Jo. 10.24 ; ἕ. τότε LXX Ne. 2.16 ; ἕ. ὀψέ till late, f.l.for ἐς ὀψέ , Th. 3.108 ; ἕ. ἄρτι 1 Ep.Jo. 2.9 ; ἕ. ὧδε as far as this place, Ev.Luc. 23.5 .

b). with Preps., of Time, ἕ. πρὸς καλὸν ἑῷον ἀστέρα AP 5.200 ; of Place, ἕ. εἰς τὸν χάρακα Plb. 1.11.14 ; ἕ. πρὸς τὸν Καύκασον D.S. 2.43 ; ἕ. ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν Act.Ap. 17.14 .

II). as Prep.,

1). of Time, c. gen., until, ἕως τοῦ ἀποτεῖσαι until he has made payment, Lexap. Aeschin. 1.42 , cf. LXX Ge. 3.19 , etc.; ἕ. τελειώσεως Epicur. Ep. 2p.38U. ; ἕ. ὡρισμένων χρόνων Phld. D. 1.7 ; ἕ. τινός for a time, Parth. 9.2 , etc.; ἕ. τοῦ νῦν Ev.Matt. 24.21 ; ἕ. Ἰωάννου ib. 11.13 .

b). of Place, ἕ. τοῦ γενέσθαι .. up to the point where .. Arist. PA 668b2 , cf. HA 630b27 , Plb. 9.36.1 ; as far as, ἕ. Σάρδεων Ath.Mitt. 44.25 (Samos, iii B.C.); ἕ. τοῦ Ἀρσινοΐτου νομοῦ PTeb. 33.5 (ii B.C.); ἕ. Φοινίκης Act.Ap. 11.19 : so c. gen. pers., ἦλθον ἕ. αὐτοῦ Ev.Luc. 4.42 , cf. LXX 4 Ki. 4.22 .

c). of Number or Degree, ἕ. τριῶν πλοίων Docum. ap. D. 18.106 ; διδόναι ἕ. ταλάντων ἑκατόν LXX 1 Es. 8.19(21) ; οὐκ ἔστιν ἕ. ἑνός ib. Ps. 13.3 ; οὐκ ἔχομεν ἕ. τῆς τροφῆς τῶν κτηνῶν PTeb. 56.7 (ii B.C.); ἐᾶτε ἕ. τούτου Ev.Luc. 22.51 ; μαχοῦμαι ἕ. ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου OGI 266.29 (Pergam., iii B.C.); ἕ. μέθης Corn. ND 30 .

2). rarely c. acc., ἕ. πρωΐ LXX Jd. 19.25 ; ἕ. μεσημβρίαν PLond. 1.131r346 , 515 (i A.D.); ἕ. τὸ "βωμῷ" down to the word "βωμῷ", Sch. Pi. O. 6.111 .

III). while, so long as, c. ind., ἧος ἐνὶ Τροίῃ πολεμίζομεν Od. 13.315 , cf. 17.358 , 390 ; ἕ. δ’ ἔτ’ ἔμφρων εἰμί A. Ch. 1026 , cf. Pers. 710 (troch.); ἕ. ἔτι ἐλπὶς [ἦν] Th. 8.40 ; ἕ. ἔτινέος εἶ Pl. Prm. 135d : in this sense answered in apodosi by τῆος, Od. 4.90 , Il. 20.41 ; by τόφρα, Od. 12.327 , Il. 18.15 ; by τόφρα δέ, 10.507 ; by δέ alone, 1.193 , Od. 4.120 codd.

b). ἕ. ἄν c.subj., when the whole action is future, οὔ μοι .. ἐλπίς, ἕ. ἂν αἴθῃ πῦρ A. Ag. 1435 ; λέγειν τε χρὴ καὶ ἐρωτᾶν, ἕως ἂν ἐῶσιν Pl. Phd. 85b ; οὐδὲν ἔστ’ αὐτῷ βεβαίως ἔχειν ἕ. ἂν ὑμεῖς δημοκρατῆσθε D. 10.13 .

c). ἕως c. opt. in a Conditional relative clause, φήσομεν μηδὲν ἂν μεῖζον μηδὲ ἔλαττον γενέσθαι ἕ. ἴσον εἴη αὐτὸ ἐαυτῷ Pl. Tht. 155a .

B). in Hom. sts. Demonstr.,= τέως, for a time, ἧος μὲν .. ὄρνυον· αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ .. Il. 12.141 ; ἧος μὲν ἀπείλει .. · ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ .. 13.143 , cf. 17.727 , 730 , Od. 2.148 ; ἧος μὲν .. ἕποντο .. αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ .. Il. 15.277 ; all that time, Od. 3.126 , cf. Hdt. 8.74 .(ἕως, as iambus, only once in Hom., Od. 2.78 ; as a monosyll., Il. 17.727 , dub.l. in Od. 2.148 ; when the first syllable is to be long codd. Hom. have εἵως or ἕως (never εἷος or ἧος, Ludwich WkP 1890.512 , exc. ειος v.l.( PFay. 160 ) in Il. 20.41 ), 3.291 , 11.342 , al.; εἵως (or ἕως) is found even when the metre requires a trochee, 1.193 , al.; comparison of Dor. ἇς (from Ἇος) with Att.- Ion. ἕως points to early Ion. Ἧος (cf. Skt. yāvat 'as great as, as long as, until') and this should prob. be restored in Hom.; cf. τέως.)