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