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|Definition=Dor. ἕστε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>382.8</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.22</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.161</span> fin. (written εστε in <span class="title">IG</span>14.352ii60 (Halaesa)); Locr.ἔντε ib.9(1).334.15 ; Delph. hέντε <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 323 <span class="title">B</span>44 (also [[εἴστε]], v. infr.); Boeot. ἔττε <span class="title">IG</span>7.3054.7 (Lebad.): from [[ἐνς]] (= [[εἰς]]) with suffix <b class="b3">-τε</b> as in <b class="b3">ὅ-τε</b>, and so εἴστε <span class="title">SIG</span>241.69 (Delph., iv B. C.). (<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἔσκε <span class="bibl">Archil.14</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.727 (Theaet.) may be f.l.). —Found in post-Homeric Ep., Ion., Trag., X., <span class="title">POxy.</span> 2120.7 (iii A. D.), etc. (it is f.l. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>211c</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> CONJUNCTION, = [[ἕως]] : </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[up to the time that]], [[until]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> with aor. ind., of actual occurrence in past time, ἄτερ γνώμης τὸ πᾶν ἔπρασσον ἔ. δή σφιν ἀντολὰς ἐγὼ ἄστρων ἔδειξα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>457</span>. cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>415</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>1031</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>753</span> ; ἔ. περ <span class="bibl">A.R.2.85</span> ; παίουσι τὸν Σωτηρίδαν ἔστε ἠνάγκασαν πορεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>3.4.49</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.5.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> with aor. subj. and [[ἄν]], of future time, after primary tenses, ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην ἔστ' ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>378</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">697</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>449</span> ; τῇδε μενέομεν ἔστ' ἂν καὶ τελευτήσωμεν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.141</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">158</span> ; περιμένετε ἔστ' ἂν ἐγὼ ἔλθω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.1.4</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔντε, ἕντε κ' ἀποτείσῃ</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.15, <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>323 <span class="title">B</span>44 (v/iv B. C.) ; <b class="b3">ἕστε κε</b> indef., <b class="b2">until such time as.</b>., <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.22</span> ; χιμάρῳ δὲ καλὸν κρέας ἕστε κ' ἀμέλξῃς <span class="bibl">Id.1.6</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">6.32</span> ; also after historical tenses, ἐδέοντο Εὐρυβιάδεω προσμεῖναι ἔστ' ἂν αὐτοὶ τέκνα τε καὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας ὑπεκθέωνται <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>4.5.28</span> : retained in orat. obliq., αὐτὸς ἔφη παραμενεῖν ἔστ' ἂν τοὺς βότρυς ποιήσωσι γλεῦκος <span class="bibl">Longus 4.5</span>: [[ἄν]] omitted, ἀρήγετ' ἔστ' ἐγὼ μόλω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1183</span> ; cf. [[ἄν]] (A) <span class="bibl">B.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> with aor. opt. after historical tenses (representing <b class="b3">ἔστ' ἄν</b> with subj.), ἐπιμεῖναι ἐκέλευσαν ἔστε βουλεύσαιντο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.5.2</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀνέμενεν αὐτοὺς ἔστ' ἐμφάγοιέν τι</b> he always waited <b class="b2">until.</b>., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.44</span> ; in orat. obliq., <b class="b3">ὅτι..δέοιτο ἂν αὐτοῦ μένειν ἔστε σὺ ἀπέλθοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">5.3.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> with aor. inf., in orat. obliq. and the like for opt., <b class="b3">ἔστε αὐτὴν νέμεσθαι Κρῆτας</b>, = [[ἔστε αὐτὴν νέμοιντο Κρῆτες]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.171</span>; freq. in later writers, <b class="b3">ἔστε Δαρεῖον γνῶναι</b>, = [[ἔστε Δαρεῖος γνοίη]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>2.1.3</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔστε παρελθεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.7.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>2.11</span> ; for <b class="b3">ἔστ' ἄν</b> with subj., <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>2.4</span>,<span class="bibl">25.2</span>,<span class="bibl">31.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> with impf. ind., ἔστ' ἀφίκανεν <span class="bibl">A.R.4.849</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[so long as]], [[while]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> with impf. ind. of actual occurrence in past time, ἔστε μὲν..ἔπινον, ἡδὺ τέως ἐδόκει <span class="bibl">Thgn.959</span> ; ἔστε μὲν αἱ σπονδαὶ ἦσαν, οὔποτε ἐπαυόμην <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>2.11.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> with pres. subj. and [[ἄν]], of future time, ἔστ' ἂν ἀοιδάων ᾖ γένος Ἑλλαδικῶν <span class="bibl">Xenoph.6.4</span>; οὐ μὲν δὴ λήξω ἔστ' ἂν..λεύσσω.. τόδ' ἦμαρ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>105</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>337</span> ; ἔστ' ἄνπερ ἐπιδεικνύηται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>11.9</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔστ' ἂν ἔκδημος</b> (sc. [[ᾖ]]) χθονὸς Θησεύς, ἄπειμι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 659</span> : so with pf. subj., = pres., ὑμῖν Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπαγγέλλονται γυναῖκας ἐπιθρέψειν, ἔστ' ἂν ὁ πόλεμος ὅδε συνεστήκῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.142</span> ; of present time, <span class="bibl">Emp.42.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> with pres. opt. after historical tenses (representing <b class="b3">ἔστ' ἄν</b> with subj.), ἐδόκει τοῖς στρατηγοῖς βέλτιον εἶναι τὸν πόλεμον ἀκήρυκτον εἶναι, ἔστ' ἐν τῇ πολεμίᾳ εἶεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.3.5</span> ; <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον χρόνον ζῆν ἔστε νικῴη.</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">1.9.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> with aor. subj. and ἄν, ἔστ' ἂν πολεμίους δείσωσι κελευόμενα πάντα ποιοῦσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.5.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> ADV. [[even to]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> of Space, [[up to]], βόθροι ἐγίγνοντο μεγάλοι ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸ δάπεδον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.8.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>1.28.3</span> ; ἕστ' ἐπὶ πᾶχυν <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.67</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of Time, ἔστε ἐπὶ κνέφας <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span> 7.25.2</span> ; <b class="b3">ἕστε ἐς.., κατὰ.</b>., <span class="title">IG</span>14.352 ii 60, i65 (Halaesa); εἴστε εἰς Θεύχαριν ἄρχοντα <span class="title">SIG</span>241.69 (Delph., iv B. C.) ; ἔστε πρὸς τὸ ἐφηβικόν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> PREPOSITION, c. acc.. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> of Space, [[up to]], <b class="b3">ἔστε τὸν ὅρον, ἔστε καὶ τὰν φάραγγα</b>, <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>289.166,169 (ii B. C.) ; παρατείνει ἔστε τὴν θάλασσαν <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Ind.</span>2.2</span> (&lt;[[ἐπί]]&gt; Hercher). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of Time, [[until]], [[up to]], ἔ. καὶ τὸν νῦν χρόνον <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>289.113; ἔ. καὶ τὰν τριακάδα τοῦ Ἀλσείου <span class="title">SIG</span>1023.25 (Cos, iii/ii B. C.).</span>