τόφρα
τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ πραγματεία → knowledge is the object of our inquiry, the aim of our investigation is knowledge
English (LSJ)
demonstr. Adv. of Time,
A up to or during that time, so long, Hom., answering to relat. ὄφρα, which follows, Il.11.754, Od. 4.289 (so ὄφρ' ἄν with subj., Il.1.509, al.); but the relat. commonly precedes, ὄφρα... τ . . . in (the course of) that time, so long... 18.381, Od.20.330, h.Cer.37; ὄφρ' ἂν... τ . . . Il.7.194, Od.5.362, al.; ὄφρα . . τ. δὲ . . Il.4.221, Od.10.126:—besides the regular ὄφρα... τόφρα . . we find τ .... ἕως . . 5.122; τ .... ἕως κε . . 2.77; more freq. ἕως... τ .... Il.15.392, Od.12.328, al.; ἕως... τ. δὲ . . Il. 10.507, Od.5.425, etc.; ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ... τ . . . 10.571; πρὶν... τ . . . Il.21.101; εὖτε... τ. δὲ . . Od.20.77. b abs., meanwhile, Il.10.498, 13.83, Od.3.303, 464, al. 2 in Alex. Poets as relat., = ὄφρα, A.R.4.1617, Orph. A.347: τ. μὲν (relat.)... τ. δὲ (demonstr.) . . Call.Del.39. II in Antim.3 and Alex. Poets also as a final Conjunction, so that, that, A.R.3.807, 4.1487, AP9.242 (Antiphil.), 13.22 (Phaedim.), Orph.A. 939.
