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|Definition=and μέχρῐς, Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[as far as]], so used chiefly in Prose and before a Prep., <b class="b3">μέχρι πρός</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Criti.</span>118a</span>; μ. εἰς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.26</span>; ἐς γόνυ μ. χιτῶνα ζώννυσθαι <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>11</span>: before Advs. of Place or Time, μ. ἐνταῦθα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>222a</span>, al.; μ. δεῦρο τοῦ λόγου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 217e</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὅποι</b>… <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>487c</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὅπου</b>… <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>169</span>; οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω <span class="bibl">D.18.163</span>; μ. τότε <span class="bibl">Th.8.24</span>; μ. τὰ νῦν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>686b</span>; <b class="b3">μ. νῦν</b> (v.l. [[τοῦ νῦν]]) <span class="bibl">D.S.17.110</span>; μ. καὶ νῦν <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι πότε χηρεύομεν</b>; <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Prep. c. gen., <b class="b2">even to, as far as</b>, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of Place, μέχρι θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Il.13.143</span>; μ. τοῦ γούνατος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.80</span>; μ. τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Th.6.96</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.6</span>, al.: rarely following its case, ὀμφαλοῦ μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>925a</span>, cf.<span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>3.400.5 (Delph., iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of Time, <b class="b3">τέο μέχρις</b>; i.e. <b class="b3">τίνος μέχρι χρόνου</b>; how [[long]]? <span class="bibl">Il.24.128</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρις τεῦ</b>; <span class="bibl">Callin.1.1</span>: in Prose, μέχρι τούτου <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.4</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>245a</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.3</span>, al.; <b class="b3">μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν</b>… <span class="bibl">Th.1.90</span>; μ. τούτου,… μέχρις ἂν ῥηθῶσιν <span class="bibl">Din.1.91</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>81d</span>: with the Art., <b class="b3">τὸ μ. ἐμεῦ</b> [[up to]] my time, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.10</span>, <span class="bibl">5.115</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης</b> [[till the end of]] his life, <span class="bibl">Id.3.160</span>; μ. ἡμερέων ἑπτά <span class="bibl">Id.6.12</span>; μέχρι Πυθίων <span class="bibl">Th.5.1</span>; μέχρι ἡλίου δύντος <span class="title">IG</span>12.188.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of Measure or Degree, <b class="b3">μ. τοῦ δικαίου</b> [[so far as]] consists with right, <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>; μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>498e</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὑγιείας, μ. ἡδονῆς</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">559a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>500b</span>; μ. θανάτου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>2.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> with Numbers to express a round sum, [[up to]], [[about]], [[nearly]], μ. δώδεκα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.8</span>, etc.: sts. without altering the case of the Subst., τοὺς μ. τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότας <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.133</span>; but πίνειν… τοὺς μ. ἐτῶν τριάκοντα <span class="bibl">Apollod.Car.5.19</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τινὸς πλήθους</b> [[up to]] a certain number, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.15.3</span>: hence, [[just short of]], μ. κόρου μετρεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.8.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> in Hdt., <b class="b3">μέχρι οὗ</b> is sts. used like the simple μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων <span class="bibl">1.181</span>; μέχρι οὗ τροπέων τῶν θερινέων <span class="bibl">2.19</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὅτεν πληθώρης ἀγορῆς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">173</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> as a Conj., [[until]], c. ind., μέχρι… ὁρμὴ ἐνέπεσε <span class="bibl">Th.4.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>220d</span>; μ. σκότος ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι ἄν</b> c. subj., ib.<span class="bibl">1.4.13</span>, <span class="bibl">2.3.24</span>; μέχρις ἂν ἥλιος δύῃ <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).647.17 (Ceos); μέχρις κε μένῃ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>5.4</span>: rarely without ἄν, μ. τοῦτο ἴδωμεν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.119</span>; μ. πλοῦς γένηται <span class="bibl">Th.1.137</span>; μ. οὗ τι δόξῃ <span class="bibl">Id.3.28</span>; μέχρι τέκῃ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>5.5</span>; μέχρις οὗ εἴπῃ <span class="bibl">Herod.2.43</span>; μ. καταντήσωμεν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>4.13</span>; μέχρις ἵνα ψαύσειε <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>28</span> (s.v.l.): c. inf., μ. σβεσθῆναι τὸ πῦρ <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>75</span>; μέχρις ἠῶ δῖαν ἱκέσθαι <span class="bibl">Q.S. 1.830</span>; also μέχρι ἂν ἕξιν λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Ceb.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">as long as, whilst</b>, c. ind., <span class="bibl">Th.3.10</span>,<span class="bibl">98</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.62.4</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἄν</b> c. subj., μέχρις ἂν ζῶσιν πονεῖν <span class="bibl">Men.633</span>; μέχρις ἂν ἐνδημῶσιν οἱ πρέσβεις <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.10.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epict. <span class="title">Ench.</span>11</span>; Dor. μέχρι κα ζώη <span class="title">GDI</span>1807.7 (ii B.C.), al.—The μετώπο-ι is elided in <span class="title">IG</span>12.115.15, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>l.c.—Cf. <b class="b3">ἄχρι</b> throughout and sub fin.</span>
|Definition=and μέχρῐς, Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[as far as]], so used chiefly in Prose and before a Prep., <b class="b3">μέχρι πρός</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Criti.</span>118a</span>; μ. εἰς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.26</span>; ἐς γόνυ μ. χιτῶνα ζώννυσθαι <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>11</span>: before Advs. of Place or Time, μ. ἐνταῦθα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>222a</span>, al.; μ. δεῦρο τοῦ λόγου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 217e</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὅποι</b>… <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>487c</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὅπου</b>… <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>169</span>; οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω <span class="bibl">D.18.163</span>; μ. τότε <span class="bibl">Th.8.24</span>; μ. τὰ νῦν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>686b</span>; <b class="b3">μ. νῦν</b> (v.l. [[τοῦ νῦν]]) <span class="bibl">D.S.17.110</span>; μ. καὶ νῦν <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι πότε χηρεύομεν</b>; <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Prep. c. gen., [[even to]], [[as far as]], </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of Place, μέχρι θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Il.13.143</span>; μ. τοῦ γούνατος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.80</span>; μ. τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Th.6.96</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.6</span>, al.: rarely following its case, ὀμφαλοῦ μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>925a</span>, cf.<span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>3.400.5 (Delph., iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of Time, <b class="b3">τέο μέχρις</b>; i.e. <b class="b3">τίνος μέχρι χρόνου</b>; how [[long]]? <span class="bibl">Il.24.128</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρις τεῦ</b>; <span class="bibl">Callin.1.1</span>: in Prose, μέχρι τούτου <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.4</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>245a</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.3</span>, al.; <b class="b3">μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν</b>… <span class="bibl">Th.1.90</span>; μ. τούτου,… μέχρις ἂν ῥηθῶσιν <span class="bibl">Din.1.91</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>81d</span>: with the Art., <b class="b3">τὸ μ. ἐμεῦ</b> [[up to]] my time, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.10</span>, <span class="bibl">5.115</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης</b> [[till the end of]] his life, <span class="bibl">Id.3.160</span>; μ. ἡμερέων ἑπτά <span class="bibl">Id.6.12</span>; μέχρι Πυθίων <span class="bibl">Th.5.1</span>; μέχρι ἡλίου δύντος <span class="title">IG</span>12.188.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of Measure or Degree, <b class="b3">μ. τοῦ δικαίου</b> [[so far as]] consists with right, <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>; μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>498e</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὑγιείας, μ. ἡδονῆς</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">559a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>500b</span>; μ. θανάτου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>2.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> with Numbers to express a round sum, [[up to]], [[about]], [[nearly]], μ. δώδεκα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.8</span>, etc.: sts. without altering the case of the Subst., τοὺς μ. τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότας <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.133</span>; but πίνειν… τοὺς μ. ἐτῶν τριάκοντα <span class="bibl">Apollod.Car.5.19</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τινὸς πλήθους</b> [[up to]] a certain number, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.15.3</span>: hence, [[just short of]], μ. κόρου μετρεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.8.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> in Hdt., <b class="b3">μέχρι οὗ</b> is sts. used like the simple μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων <span class="bibl">1.181</span>; μέχρι οὗ τροπέων τῶν θερινέων <span class="bibl">2.19</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ὅτεν πληθώρης ἀγορῆς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">173</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> as a Conj., [[until]], c. ind., μέχρι… ὁρμὴ ἐνέπεσε <span class="bibl">Th.4.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>220d</span>; μ. σκότος ἐγένετο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι ἄν</b> c. subj., ib.<span class="bibl">1.4.13</span>, <span class="bibl">2.3.24</span>; μέχρις ἂν ἥλιος δύῃ <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).647.17 (Ceos); μέχρις κε μένῃ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>5.4</span>: rarely without ἄν, μ. τοῦτο ἴδωμεν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.119</span>; μ. πλοῦς γένηται <span class="bibl">Th.1.137</span>; μ. οὗ τι δόξῃ <span class="bibl">Id.3.28</span>; μέχρι τέκῃ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>5.5</span>; μέχρις οὗ εἴπῃ <span class="bibl">Herod.2.43</span>; μ. καταντήσωμεν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>4.13</span>; μέχρις ἵνα ψαύσειε <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>28</span> (s.v.l.): c. inf., μ. σβεσθῆναι τὸ πῦρ <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>75</span>; μέχρις ἠῶ δῖαν ἱκέσθαι <span class="bibl">Q.S. 1.830</span>; also μέχρι ἂν ἕξιν λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Ceb.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">as long as, whilst</b>, c. ind., <span class="bibl">Th.3.10</span>,<span class="bibl">98</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.62.4</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἄν</b> c. subj., μέχρις ἂν ζῶσιν πονεῖν <span class="bibl">Men.633</span>; μέχρις ἂν ἐνδημῶσιν οἱ πρέσβεις <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.10.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epict. <span class="title">Ench.</span>11</span>; Dor. μέχρι κα ζώη <span class="title">GDI</span>1807.7 (ii B.C.), al.—The μετώπο-ι is elided in <span class="title">IG</span>12.115.15, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>l.c.—Cf. <b class="b3">ἄχρι</b> throughout and sub fin.</span>
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