τέως

A. 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 number of days, Il. 24.658, cf. Od. 16.370; ἐγὼ δ’ οἴσω τ. E. Heracl. 725, cf. Ar. Pax 687,729 (anap.).

2. 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 (cf. ἕως B), mostly with some answering word or phrase, as τῆος μὲν . . , αὐτὰρ νῦν Od. 16.139; τῆος . . , ἀλλ’ ὅτε δή 24.162 (Nauck, for τέως μὲν . .); φίλον τ., νῦν δ’ 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 . . Ar. Th. 449; τ. μὲν . . , ἔπειτα or εἶτα . . , without δέ, Th. 5.7, X. HG 2.2.17, Ar. Nu. 66:—without answering phrase, A.R. 2.132.

III. up to this time, hitherto, Hdt. 6.112, Ar. Pl. 834, Pl. Smp. 191b, IG 12.57.21, 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. τ. εἰδέναι χρή you must know to begin with, Gp. 9.11.1, 9.19.1; νυνὶ δ’ 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 Il. 24.658, al.; rarely τεῖος, one cod. in Il. 20.42.] (Cret. τάως Hsch.: but the dialect forms of the correlative ἕως(ἇς etc.) indicate a primitive Gr. Ταος, Old Ion. Τῆος (cf. Skt. tāvat 'so great, so long'), whence later Ion. and Att. τέως.)