1. τόφρα · tophra — Beekes
τόφρα {[demonstr. adv.] ‘up to, during, so long, meanwhile’ (epic poet. Il.+). eETYM From demonstrative to- with an unclear extension; see »dgpa with references. — [Beekes, s.v. τόφρα, p. 1548]
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τόφρα
tophra
up to, during, so long, meanwhile
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What it meant
2. τόφρα · tophra — Chantraine
τόφρα : adv. démonstratif « aussi longtemps, pendant ce temps», ete. (Hom., ép.), corrélatif d'éppx chez les Alexandrins. Ei.: Du thème démonstratif de ὁ, ἡ, τό, Pour la finale obscure, voir ὄφρα, — [Chantraine, s.v. τόφρα, p. 1146]
3. τόφρα · tophra — Frisk
τόφρα demonstr. Adv. ‘so lange, bis dahin, inzwischen’ (ep. poet. seit Il.). — Vom demonstr. ro- mit unklarem Hinterglied; s. ὄφρα m. Lit. τράγος m. “Ziegenbock, Bock’, auch metonym. = “Bocks- gestank’ (ep. ion. poet. seit ı 239, hell. u.sp. Prosa), oft übertr. ‘Pubertät’ (Mediz.), "Geilheit’ (Luk.), N. eines Fisches = das Männchen von μαινίς (Arist. u.a.; verschiedene Benennungsmotive denkbar, 5. Strrömberg Fischn. … — [Frisk, s.v. τόφρα, p. 1887]
4. τόφρᾰ · tophra — LSJ
up to, during that time, so long, in (the course of) that time, so long
up to or during that time, so long, Hom., answering to relat. ὄφρα, which follows, Il. 11.754, Od. 4.289 (so ὄφρʼ ἄν with subj., Il. 1.509, al.); but the relat. commonly precedes, ὄφρα . . , τ . . . in (the course of) that time, so long . . , 18.381, Od. 20.330, h.Cer. 37; ὄφρʼ ἂν . . , τ . . . Il. 7.194, Od. 5.362, al.; ὄφρα . . τ. δὲ . . Il. 4.221, Od. 10.126:—besides the regular ὄφρα . . , τόφρα . . we find τ . . . , ἕως . . 5.122; τ . . . , ἕως κε . . 2.77; more freq. ἕως . . , τ . . . , Il.
b meanwhile
abs., meanwhile, Il. 10.498, 13.83, Od. 3.303, 464, al.
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in Alex. Poets as relat., = ὄφρα, A.R. 4.1617, Orph. A. 347: τ. μὲν (relat.) . . , τ. δὲ (demonstr.) . . Call. Del. 39.
II so that, that
in Antim. 3 and Alex. Poets also as a final Conjunction, so that, that, A.R. 3.807, 4.1487, AP 9.242 (Antiphil.), 13.22 (Phaedim.), Orph. A. 939.
In the wild
- τόφρα · tophra Iliad 1.509
- τόφρα · tophra Iliad 10.325
- τόφρα · tophra Iliad 10.498
- τόφρα · tophra Iliad 10.507
- τόφρʼ · tophrʼ Iliad 11.189
- τόφρʼ · tophrʼ Iliad 11.204
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τόφρα (scan p. 1548; entry #6127). Root candidates: *to-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τόφρα (scan p. 1146; entry #8083).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τόφρα (scan pp. 1887-1888; entry #5719).
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