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τέως

teos

so long, in the meantime

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What it meant

τέως · teōs — LSJ

so long, in the meantime, until then, during that time, for that number of days

so long, in the meantime, correlat. to ἕως, ἧος ἐγὼ . . ἠλώμην, τῆός μοι ἀδελφεὸν ἄλλος ἔπεφνεν Od. 4.91, cf. Il. 20.42; to ὄφρα, 19.189; so in Att., ἐσθίων τ. ἕως . . Ar. Pax 32: sts. without a Relat., until then, during that time, referring to a time already indicated, ἐς γάμου ὥρην . . · τῆος δὲ . . παρὰ μητρὶ κεῖσθαι ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ Od. 15.127; τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν . . · ὁ δὲ τῆος (Nauck, for τέως μὲν) . . δέδετο ib. 231, cf. S. Aj. 558; ποσσῆμαρ μέμονας . . , ὄφρα τ . . . μένω, i.e. for that

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rarely for ἕως, Hdt. 4.165, Hp. Int. 26, Mul. 2.165, Pl. Smp. 191e, D. 19.326, 21.16, A.R. 4.821, 1617, Sardis 7(1)No. 1 ii 12,19.

II for a time, a while

for a time, a while (cf. ἕως B), mostly with some answering word or phrase, as τῆος μὲν . . , αὐτὰρ νῦν Od. 16.139; τῆος . . , ἀλλʼ ὅτε δή 24.162 (Nauck, for τέως μὲν . .) ; φίλον τ., νῦν δʼ ἐχθρόν A. Ch. 1001(993); τ. μὲν . . , ὡς δὲ . . Th. 6.61, Pl. Phd. 117c; τ. μὲν . . , ἐπεὶ or ἐπειδὴ δὲ . . , X. Cyr. 5.3.17, Lys. 31.8; τ. μὲν . . , ἡνίκα δὲ . . X. HG 4.3.17; τ. μὲν . . , μετὰ δὲ . . Hdt. 1.11; τ. μὲν . . , ἔπειτα δὲ . . Id. 6.83; τ. μὲν . . , τέλος δὲ . . Id. 1.82; τ. μὲν . . , νῦν δὲ . .

III up to this time, hitherto, meantime, present

up to this time, hitherto, Hdt. 6.112, Ar. Pl. 834, Pl. Smp. 191b, IG 1(2).57.21, 108.48; ἐν τῷ τ. χρόνῳ Lys. 7.12, 27.16 (but ἐν τῷ τ. in the meantime, Polyaen. 1.39.4, 8.47.1, Ael. NA 2.25, 11.38, Steph. in Hp. 1.217 D., condemned by Hdn. Philet. p.434 P.; διὰ τὸ τ. for the present, Zos.Alch. p.231 B.); φίλοι τ. ὄντες Is. 1.9.

IV to begin with

τ. εἰδέναι χρή you must know to begin with, Gp. 9.11.1, 9.19.1; νυνὶ δʼ αὐτὸ τὸ κεφάλαιον . . ἄκουσον εἰς ὀλίγους τ. ἀνενηνεγμένον σκοπούς Gal. 15.764. [As a trochee before a vowel, Il. 20.42, Od. 16.370; as a trochee (spondee) before a consonant, Il. 15.277 (Zenod.), Od. 4.91, 15.127, 16.139; as an iambus, only Il. 19.189 (sed leg. αὐτόθι τῆος, om. περ), 24.658, Od. 18.190; as a monosyll., 15.231, 24.162, never in Il.; in codd. of Hom. written τείως, Od. 4.91, al. (so in A.R. 2.132, al.); τέως

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τέως (scan p. 1527; entry #6042). Root candidates: *to-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τέως (scan pp. 1131-1132; entry #7972).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τέως (scan p. 1862; entry #5636).

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