within

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

preposition

P. and V. εἴσω (gen.). ἔσω (gen.), ἐντός (gen.), ἔνδον (gen.) (Plato but rare V.), V. ἔσωθεν (gen.) (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1389).

within reach: use adj.. P. and V. πρόχειρος.

of distance: see near.

within bowshot: P. and V. ἐντὸς τοξεύματος.

Of time, degree: Ar. and P. ἐντός (gen.), or of time, use P. and V. gen. alone.

within a short time: P. ἐντὸς οὐ πολλοῦ χρόνου.

within what time will Hermione come to the house? V. ἥξει δ' ἐς οἴκους Ἑρμιόνη τίνος χρόνου; (Euripides, Orestes 1211).

if they do not go to law within five years: P. ἐὰν μὴ πέντε ἐτῶν δικάσωνται (Dem. 989).

he came within an ace of being killed: P. παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθεν ἀποθανεῖν (Isoc. 388).

adverb

P. and V. ἐντός, εἴσω, ἔσω.

in the house: P. and V. ἔνδον, οἴκοι, κατ' οἶκον.

from within: P. and V. ἔσωθεν, ἔνδοθεν.