till
From LSJ
εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
conjunction
P. and V. ἕως, P. μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ, ἕωσπερ, V. ἔστε (also Plato, Symposium 211C, but rare P.).
preposition
P. μέχρι (gen.), ἄχρι (gen.), (rare) and V. εἰς (acc.).
till then, in the meantime: P. and V. τέως.
up to that time: P. μέχρι τότε.
till to-day: V. ἐς τόδ' ἡμέρας (Euripides, Alcibiades 9).
verb transitive
P. ἐργάζεσθαι, ἐξεργάζεσθαι, P. and V. γεωργεῖν (Euripides, Rhesus 176), V. γαπονεῖν (Euripides, Rhesus 75).
