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|Definition=Ep. prob. [[τῆος]] (not in codd. of Hom., v. sub fin.):—Adv. of [[time]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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: sometimes 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; <b class="b3">τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν..· ὁ δὲ τῆος</b> (Nauck, for <b class="b3">τέως μὲν</b>) <b class="b3">.. δέδετο</b> ib.231, cf.[[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 558; <b class="b3">ποσσῆμαρ μέμονας... ὄφρα τ… μένω</b>, i.e. [[for that number of days]], Il.24.658, cf. Od.16.370; <b class="b3">ἐγὼ δ' οἴσω τ.</b> E.''Heracl.''725, cf. Ar.''Pax'' 687,729 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> rarely for [[ἕως]], Hdt.4.165, Hp.''Int.''26, ''Mul.''2.165, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 191e, D.19.326, 21.16, A.R.4.821, 1617, ''Sardis''7(1)No. 1 ii 12,19.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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 <b class="b3">τέως μὲν..</b>); φίλον τ., νῦν δ' ἐχθρόν A.''Ch.''1001(993); τ. μὲν... ὡς δὲ.. Th.6.61, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 117c; <b class="b3">τ. μὲν... ἐπεὶ</b> or <b class="b3">ἐπειδὴ δὲ..</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|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; <b class="b3">τ. μὲν... ἔπειτα</b> or <b class="b3">εἶτα..</b>, without [[δέ]], Th.5.7, X.''HG'' 2.2.17, Ar.''Nu.''66:—without answering phrase, A.R.2.132.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[up to this time]], [[hitherto]], Hdt.6.112, Ar.''Pl.''834, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 191b, ''IG''12.57.21, 108.48; ἐν τῷ τ. χρόνῳ Lys.7.12, 27.16 (but <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ τ.</b> 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.; <b class="b3">διὰ τὸ τ.</b> for the [[present]], Zos.Alch.p.231 B.); φίλοι τ. ὄντες Is.1.9.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">τ. εἰδέναι χρή</b> 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. <b class="b3">αὐτόθι τῆος</b>, 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]] [[Hesychius Lexicographus|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]].)