ἐσχατιά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ἐσχᾰτ-ιή, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[farthest part]], [[edge]], [[border]], esp. of a place, Ep., Ion., Lyr., and sts. in Trag. (lyr.); νήσου ἐπ' ἐσχατιῆς <span class="bibl">Od.5.238</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγροῦ ἐπ' ἐσχατιήν</b> (v.l. [[-ῆς]]) on [[the edge]] of the land, <span class="bibl">4.517</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.489</span> (v.l. [[-ῇς, -ῇ]]); simply <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐσχατιῇ, -ῆς</b>, on [[the edge]] or [[shore]], <span class="bibl">9.182</span>,<span class="bibl">280</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐσχατιῇ λιμένος</b> at [[the mouth]] of the harbour, <span class="bibl">2.391</span>; <b class="b3">ἐσχατιῇ πολέμοιο</b> on [[the skirts]] of battle (i.e. [[farthest parts]] of the field), <span class="bibl">Il.11.524</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.328</span>; [[ἐσχατιῇ]] [[round the edge]] [of the funeral pile], <span class="bibl">23.242</span>; [[ἐσχατιαῖς]], for <b class="b3">ἐν ἐ</b>., [[on the outskirts]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>144</span> (anap.); also, of parts of the body, καρδίης ἡ ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>4</span>; γένυος <span class="bibl">Arat.57</span> : metaph., [[the extremity]], [[highest point]], <b class="b3">ὄλβου πρὸς ἐσχατιαῖς</b> (v.l. [[-ιάς]]) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).12</span>; πρὸς ἐσχατιὰν ἀρεταῖσιν ἱκάνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>3.43</span>; τὸ μηδαμῶς ὂν ἐ. τῆς πρώτης αἰτίας <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>441</span>; μέχρι τῶν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.685</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[border]] of a country, ἐσχατιῇ Γόρτυνος <span class="bibl">Od.3.294</span>; ναῖον δ' ἐσχατιὴν Φθίης <span class="bibl">Il.9</span> <span class="bibl">484</span>; [[ἐσχατιῇ]] alone, <span class="bibl">Od.14.104</span>; ἀν' ἐσχατιήν <span class="bibl">Archil.89.4</span> : pl., <b class="b3">αἱ ἐ. τῆς οἰκεομένης</b> [[the extremities]] of the world, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.106</span>; also, [[borders]], [[frontierland]], τῆς Αἰτωλίδος <span class="bibl">Id.6.127</span> : abs., <span class="bibl">Id.3.115</span>,<span class="bibl">116</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.4</span>, etc.: in Attica, [[a boundary estate]], i.e. one at the sea-side or the foot of the mountains (cf. <span class="title">AB</span>256), <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.97</span>, <span class="bibl">D.42.5</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1594 (iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.34</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).872.82 (Tenos) : pl., ib.88. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of Time, ἀν' ἐσχατιάν [[at last]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.56</span> : so dat., ἐσχατιῇ <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>437</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in pl., = [[δύσεις]], <span class="bibl">Arat.574</span>.</span>