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