μέχρῐ
μέχρῐ, and
μέχρῐς, Adv.
II). Prep. c. gen., even to, as far as,
2). of Time,
τέο μέχρις; i.e.
τίνος μέχρι χρόνου; how
long?
Il. 24.128 ;
μέχρις τεῦ;
Callin. 1.1 : in Prose,
μέχρι τούτου Hdt. 1.4 ;
μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου,
Pl. Mx. 245a ,
Hdt. 8.3 , al.;
μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν ..
Th. 1.90 ;
μ. τούτου,. . μέχρις ἂν ῥηθῶσιν Din. 1.91 , cf.
Pl. Phd. 81d : with the Art.,
τὸ μ. ἐμεῦ up to my time,
Hdt. 3.10 ,
5.115 ;
μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης till the end of his life,
Id. 3.160 ;
μ. ἡμερέων ἑπτά Id. 6.12 ;
μέχρι Πυθίων Th. 5.1 ;
μέχρι ἡλίου δύντος IG 12.188.4 .
4). with Numbers to express a round sum,
up to, about, nearly,
μ. δώδεκα X. Smp. 2.8 , etc.: sts. without altering the case of the Subst.,
τοὺς μ. τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότας Aeschin. 2.133 ; but
πίνειν .. τοὺς μ. ἐτῶν τριάκοντα Apollod.Car. 5.19 ;
μ. τινὸς πλήθους up to a certain number,
Aen.Tact. 15.3 : hence,
just short of,
μ. κόρου μετρεῖσθαι J. BJ 2.8.5 .
5). in
Hdt.,
μέχρι οὗ is sts. used like the simple
μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων 1.181 ;
μέχρι οὗ τροπέων τῶν θερινέων 2.19 ;
μ. ὅτεν πληθώρης ἀγορῆς ib.
173 .
2). as long as, whilst, c. ind.,
Th. 3.10 ,
98 ,
Plb. 1.62.4 ;
μ. ἄν c. subj.,
μέχρις ἂν ζῶσιν πονεῖν Men. 633 ;
μέχρις ἂν ἐνδημῶσιν οἱ πρέσβεις Aen.Tact. 10.11 , cf.
Epict. Ench. 11 ; Dor.
μέχρι κα ζώη GDI 1807.7 (ii B.C.), al.—The
μετώπο-ι is elided in
IG 12.115.15 ,
Supp.Epigr.l.c.—Cf.
ἄχρι throughout and sub fin.
ShortDef
No short def.
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Headword (normalized):
μέχρῐ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μεχρι
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέχρῐ</span>, and <span class="orth greek">μέχρῐς</span>, Adv. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">as far as</span>, so used chiefly in Prose and before a Prep., <span class="foreign greek">μέχρι πρός</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:25b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:25b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 25b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:118a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:118a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 118a </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. εἰς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:4:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:4:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 6.4.26 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐς γόνυ μ. χιτῶνα ζώννυσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dian.</span> 11 </a> : before Advs. of Place or Time, <span class="quote greek">μ. ἐνταῦθα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:222a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:222a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 222a </a> , al.; <span class="quote greek">μ. δεῦρο τοῦ λόγου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:217e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:217e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 217e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὅποι</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:487c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:487c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 487c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὅπου</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Del.</span> 169 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.163 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. τότε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.24 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. τὰ νῦν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:686b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:686b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 686b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. νῦν</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">τοῦ νῦν</span> ) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17.110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 17.110 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. καὶ νῦν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:2:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 16.2.13 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μέχρι πότε χηρεύομεν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0532.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ach.Tat.</span> 4.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Prep. c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">even to, as far as</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> of Place, <span class="quote greek">μέχρι θαλάσσης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.143/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.143 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. τοῦ γούνατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.80 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. τῆς πόλεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.96 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:7:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:7:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.7.6 </a>, al.: rarely following its case, <span class="quote greek">ὀμφαλοῦ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:925a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:925a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 925a </a> , cf.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.Epigr.</span> 3.400.5 </span> (Delph., iii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="foreign greek">τέο μέχρις</span>; i.e. <span class="foreign greek">τίνος μέχρι χρόνου</span>; how <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">long</span>? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.128 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέχρις τεῦ</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0243.tlg001:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0243.tlg001:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callin.</span> 1.1 </a>: in Prose, <span class="quote greek">μέχρι τούτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:245a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:245a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mx.</span> 245a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.3 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.90 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. τούτου,. . μέχρις ἂν ῥηθῶσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:1:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:1.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Din.</span> 1.91 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:81d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:81d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 81d </a>: with the Art., <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ. ἐμεῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">up to</span> my time, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.115/canonical-url/"> 5.115 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">till the end of</span> his life, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:160" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.160/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.160 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἡμερέων ἑπτά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρι Πυθίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρι ἡλίου δύντος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.188.4 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of Measure or Degree, <span class="foreign greek">μ. τοῦ δικαίου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">so far as</span> consists with right, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.82 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:498e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:498e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 498e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὑγιείας, μ. ἡδονῆς</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:559a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:559a/canonical-url/"> 559a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:500b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:500b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 500b </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. θανάτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:2:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:2.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Phil.</span> 2.8 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> with Numbers to express a round sum, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">up to, about, nearly</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. δώδεκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 2.8 </a> , etc.: sts. without altering the case of the Subst., <span class="quote greek">τοὺς μ. τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:133/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 2.133 </a> ; but <span class="quote greek">πίνειν .. τοὺς μ. ἐτῶν τριάκοντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0411.tlg001:5:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0411.tlg001:5.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollod.Car.</span> 5.19 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. τινὸς πλήθους</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">up to</span> a certain number, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 15.3 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">just short of</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. κόρου μετρεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:8:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:8:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BJ</span> 2.8.5 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">μέχρι οὗ</span> is sts. used like the simple <span class="quote greek">μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.181/canonical-url/"> 1.181 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρι οὗ τροπέων τῶν θερινέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.19/canonical-url/"> 2.19 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὅτεν πληθώρης ἀγορῆς</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:173" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:173/canonical-url/"> 173 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> as a Conj., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">until</span>, c. ind., <span class="quote greek">μέχρι .. ὁρμὴ ἐνέπεσε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.4 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:220d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:220d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 220d </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. σκότος ἐγένετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.2.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μέχρι ἄν</span> c. subj., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:13/canonical-url/"> 1.4.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:24/canonical-url/"> 2.3.24 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέχρις ἂν ἥλιος δύῃ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(5).647.17 </span> (Ceos); <span class="quote greek">μέχρις κε μένῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:5:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:5.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sos.</span> 5.4 </a> : rarely without <span class="quote greek">ἄν, μ. τοῦτο ἴδωμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.119 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. πλοῦς γένηται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.137 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. οὗ τι δόξῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.28 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρι τέκῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:5.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sos.</span> 5.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρις οὗ εἴπῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:2.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 2.43 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. καταντήσωμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:4:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:4.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Eph.</span> 4.13 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρις ἵνα ψαύσειε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dian.</span> 28 </a> (s.v.l.): c. inf., <span class="quote greek">μ. σβεσθῆναι τὸ πῦρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hisp.</span> 75 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρις ἠῶ δῖαν ἱκέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:830" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.830/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 1.830 </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">μέχρι ἂν ἕξιν λαβεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1247.tlg001:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1247.tlg001:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ceb.</span> 35 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">as long as, whilst</span>, c. ind., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.10 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:98/canonical-url/"> 98 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:62:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:62:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.62.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἄν</span> c. subj., <span class="quote greek">μέχρις ἂν ζῶσιν πονεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:633" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:633/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 633 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέχρις ἂν ἐνδημῶσιν οἱ πρέσβεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 10.11 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epict.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ench.</span> 11 </a>; Dor. <span class="quote greek">μέχρι κα ζώη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 1807.7 </span> (ii B.C.), al.—The <span class="orth greek">μετώπο-ι</span> is elided in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.115.15 </span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.Epigr.</span>l.c.—Cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἄχρι</span> throughout and sub fin.</div> </div><br><br>'}