ἕως

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.[1]

Noun

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ἕως (héōsf (genitive ἕω); second declension

  1. Attic form of ἠώς (ēṓs)
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.7.1:
      ἐδόκει γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἕω ἥξειν βασιλέα σὺν τῷ στρατεύματι μαχούμενον
      edókei gàr eis tḕn epioûsan héō hḗxein basiléa sùn tôi strateúmati makhoúmenon
      For he thought that the king would come with his army the next morning to fight.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂wot. Cognates include Sanskrit यावत् (yāvat, until).[2]

Alternative forms

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Conjunction

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ἕως (héōs)

  1. (relative particle, used to express the point of time up to which an action goes)
    1. until, till
      1. (as a temporal conjunction)
        1. (with indicative) of a fact in past time
        2. (with subjunctive, relating to an uncertain event in the future)
        3. (with optative, relating to an uncertain event in the past)
        4. (with infinitive, only in late authors)
      2. (with single words, mostly of adverbs of time)
        1. (with a preposition)
    2. (mostly at the beginning of a verse in Homer) while, as long as
      1. (in Attic, with subjunctive)
      2. (with optative, in case of repeated action)

Adverb

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ἕως (héōs) (Epic)

  1. for a time, like τέως (téōs)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕως 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 492-3
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕως 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

Further reading

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