ἄχρι

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Zero grade of μέχρῐ (mékhri), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri.

The genitive is from the PIE ablative of comparison/extent.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ἄχρῐ (ákhri)

  1. to the very bottom, to the uttermost, utterly
    1. (after Homer, before prepositions)

Preposition

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ἄχρῐ (ákhri) (governs the genitive)

  1. even to, as far as
    1. (of time) until
    2. (of space) as far as, even to
    3. (of measure or degree) up to this point

Conjunction

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ἄχρῐ (ákhri)

  1. (of time) until, so long as
  2. (of space) so far as

References

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