μέχρι: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br />to a given [[point]], [[even]] so far,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[before]] a prep. [[μέχρι]] πρός, Lat. [[usque]] ad, Plat.:—so [[before]] Advs., μ. [[δεῦρο]] τοῦ λόγου Plat.; μ. [[τότε]] Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> serving as a prep. c. gen. [[even]] to, as far as,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of [[place]], [[μέχρι]] θαλάσσης Il.; μ. τῆς πόλεως Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[time]], τέο [[μέχρις]]; i. e. τινός [[μέχρι]] χρόνου; Lat. [[quousque]]? how [[long]]? Il.; so, [[μέχρι]] οὗ; [[μέχρι]] ὅσου; Hdt.; with the Art., τὸ μ. [[ἐμεῦ]] up to my [[time]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of Measure or Degree, μ. σοῦ δικαίου so far as consists with [[right]], Thuc.; μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ Plat.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> with Numbers, up to, [[about]], [[nearly]], [[sometimes]] without altering the [[case]] of the Subst., [[μέχρι]] [[τριάκοντα]] ἔτη Aeschin.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> in ionic, [[μέχρι]] οὗ is [[sometimes]] used like the [[simple]] [[μέχρι]], [[μέχρι]] οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων Hdt.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> as a Conjunct. so [[long]] as, [[until]], [[μέχρι]] μὲν [[ὥρεον]], with δέ in apodosi, Hdt.; μ. [[σκότος]] ἐγένετο Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[μέχρι]] ἄν foll. by the subj., Xen.; so without ἄν, μ. [[τοῦτο]] ἴδωμεν Hdt.