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|Definition=demonstr. Adv. of Time, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">up to</b> or <b class="b2">during that time, so long</b>, Hom., answering to relat. <b class="b3">ὄφρα</b>, which follows, <span class="bibl">Il.11.754</span>, <span class="bibl">Od. 4.289</span> (so <b class="b3">ὄφρ' ἄν</b> with subj., <span class="bibl">Il.1.509</span>, al.); but the relat. commonly precedes, <b class="b3">ὄφρα... τ</b> . . . <b class="b2">in (the course of) that time, so long</b>... <span class="bibl">18.381</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.330</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>37</span>; <b class="b3">ὄφρ' ἂν... τ</b> . . . <span class="bibl">Il.7.194</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.362</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὄφρα . . τ. δὲ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Il.4.221</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.126</span>:—besides the regular <b class="b3">ὄφρα... τόφρα</b> . . we find <b class="b3">τ .... ἕως</b> . . <span class="bibl">5.122</span>; <b class="b3">τ .... ἕως κε</b> . . <span class="bibl">2.77</span>; more freq. <b class="b3">ἕως... τ</b> .... <span class="bibl">Il.15.392</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.328</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἕως... τ. δὲ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Il. 10.507</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.425</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ... τ</b> . . . <span class="bibl">10.571</span>; <b class="b3">πρὶν... τ</b> . . . <span class="bibl">Il.21.101</span>; <b class="b3">εὖτε... τ. δὲ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Od.20.77</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> abs., <b class="b2">meanwhile</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.10.498</span>, <span class="bibl">13.83</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.303</span>, <span class="bibl">464</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Alex. Poets as relat., = [[ὄφρα]], <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1617</span>, <span class="bibl">Orph. <span class="title">A.</span>347</span>: <b class="b3">τ. μὲν</b> (relat.)... <b class="b3">τ. δὲ</b> (demonstr.) . . <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in <span class="bibl">Antim.3</span> and Alex. Poets also as a final Conjunction, <b class="b2">so that, that</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.807</span>, <span class="bibl">4.1487</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.242 (Antiphil.), <span class="bibl">13.22</span> (Phaedim.), <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span> 939</span>.</span>