ἄχρι οὗ ὅδε ὁ λόγος ἐγράφετο

ἄχρι and [full] ἄχρις (v. sub fin.):

I Adv. to the uttermost, τένοντε

καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησεν Il.4.522

;

ἀπὸ δ' ὀστέον ἄχρις ἄραξε 16.324

, cf. 17.599.

2 after Hom., before Preps.,

ἄχρι εἰς Κοτύωρα X.An.5.5.4

;

ἄ. ἐς ποταμόν Tab.Heracl.1.17

; ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, Luc.Nigr.36, Herm.24;

ἄχρις ἐπ' ἄκνηστιν A.R.4.1403

;

ἐπ' ὀστέον IG12(7).115.9

([place name] Amorgos);

ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶν Thphr.Char.19.3

;

ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ Q.S.6.177

;

ἄχρι ὑπὸ τὴν πυγήν Luc.DMort.27.4

: less freq. after the Noun,

ἐς τέλος ἄχρις Q.S.2.617

, cf. Nonn.D.5.153, etc.: rarely c. acc.,

ἄχρι.. θρόνον ἦλθεν IG14.2012

(Sulp. Max.): with an Adv., ἄχρι πόρρω still farther, Luc.Am.12;

ἄχρι δεῦρο S.E.M.8.401

.

II Prep. with gen., even to, as far as,

1 of Time, until, ἄχρι μάλα κνέφαος until deep in the night, Od.18.370;

ἄχρι τῆς τήμερον ἡμέρας D.9.28

;

ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἄχρι τῆς τελευτῆς Id.18.179

;

ἄχρι γήρως Apollod.Com.2

; ἄχρι δὲ τούτου until then, Sol.13.35;

ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν Timostr.1

, Ep.Rom.8.22;

ἄχρι νῦν Luc. Tim.39

, LXX Ge.44.28;

ἄχρι παντός

continually,

Plu.Cic.6

.

2 of Space, as far as, even to,

ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦ Hdt.2.138

(who elsewh. has μέχρι)

; ἄ. τῆς ὁδοῦ IG12.893

;

ἄ. τῆς πυλίδος SIG2587.25

;

ἄ. τοῦ Πειραιῶς D.18.301

;

ἔδακνεν ἄχρι τῆς καρδίας Com.Adesp.475

;

ἄχρις ἥπατος Ti.Locr.101a

, cf. 100e;

ἄχρι τῆς πόλεως D.H.2.43

;

ἄ. τοῦ δεῦρο Gal.10.676

: after its case,

ἰνίου ἄχρις Euph.41

.

3 of Measure or Degree, ἄχρι τούτου up to this point, D.23.122;

ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν X.Smp.4.37

;

ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι D.8.77

;

ἄ. θανάτου Act.Ap. 22.4

; ἄχρι τῆς πρὸς τὸν πλησίον δοξοκοπίας Polystr.p.19 W.

III as Conj., ἄχρι, ἄχρις with or without οὗ,

1 of Time, until, so long as,

ἄχρι οὗ ὅδε ὁ λόγος ἐγράφετο X.HG6.4.37

;

ἄχρις ὅτου Epigr.Gr.314.24

([place name] Smyrna); ἄχρι οὗ ἄν or ἄχρι ἄν with Subj., ἄχρι ἂν σχολάσῃ till he should be at leisure, X.An.2.3.2;

ἄχρις οὗ ἂν δοκέῃ Hp.Fist.3

;

ἄχρις ἂν αἱ ἡμέραι παρέλθωσιν Id.Int.40

; ἄχρι ἂν ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές [ἡ ἱστορία] Luc.Hist.Conscr.9: without

ἄν, ἄχρις ῥεύσῃ Bion 1.47

; ἄχρι οὗ τελευτήσῃ (v.l. -σει) Hdt.1.117;

ἄχρι οὗ ἐπιλάμψῃ Plu.Aem.17

; ἄχρι ἄν, c.inf., Epist.Mithr. in SIG741.37: c. inf. only,

ἄχρις ἱκέσθαι ὀστέον Q.S.4.361

.

2 of Space, so far as,

διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναι X.Cyr.5.4.16

: c. subj.,

αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίου Thphr.HP5.1.8

; cf. μέχρι throughout. —[dialect] Ep. poets use ἄχρι or ἄχρις, as the metre requires: in [dialect] Ion. μέχρι is preferred (v. supr.): but ἄχρι, -ις are more common in Hom. than μέχρι: the only [dialect] Att. forms are ἄχρι, μέχρι, before both consonants and vowels, cf. Phryn.6, Moer.34; and so in [dialect] Att. Inscrr. (where it is somewhat less freq. than μέχρι): ἄχρι ἄν with hiatus in IG2.2729, Hegesipp.Com.1.26; but

ἄχρις Men.Sam. 179

.—Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, = ṃṃ-χρι, cf. μέχρι.)

ἄχρι (Hom.+) this form, which is Attic (Phryn. 14; Moeris 32; Meisterhans³-Schw. 219, 39) is found in NT almost exclusively (Just., only D. 64, 6; Tat. 38, 2); the H. Gk. ἄχρις (SIG 958, 37; s. Schwyzer I 405 on Hom. usage) occurs only Gal 3:19 (throughout the ms. tradition) and Hb 3:13 (predom.), each case before vowels. For the adoption of ἄχρις, in accordance w. t.r., in other edd. s. S. and Vog. on Ac 7:18; 1 Cor 11:26; 15:25; Phil. 1:6; S., Vog., Bov. on Ac 11:5; S., Vog., M. on Rom 11:25; S., Vog., M., Bov. on Rv 2:25 (Just. has ἄχρις ἄν three times; once [A I, 35, 1] ἄχρις before verb with initial vowel. On the Apostol. Fathers s. Reinhold 37. On the whole, B-D-F §21; W-S. §5, 28b; Mayser 243f; Crönert 144, 3). A function word used to indicate an interval between two points

① marker of continuous extent of time up to a point, until

ⓐ used as prep. w. gen. (Hom., less oft. in Att., but s. Demosth.; B-D-F §216, 3)

α. of time until (2 Macc 14:15; Tat. 38, 2) ἄ. ἧς ἡμέρας until the day when Mt 24:38; Lk 1:20; 17:27; Ac 1:2, 22 v.l.; ἄ. τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης (BChilds, JBL 82, ’63, 279–92: OT background) 2:29; 23:1; 26:22; ἄ. καιροῦ for a while Lk 4:13 (ἄ. χρόνου D); until the time determined by God Ac 13:11. ἄ. χρόνων ἀποκαταστάσεως 3:21. ἄ. αὐγῆς until sunrise Ac 20:11 (cp. Jos., Ant. 6, 215 ἄχρι τῆς ἕω); ἄ. τοῦ δεῦρο (Plut., Anton. 34, 9 [without art.]; Jos., Ant. 10, 265) until now Ro 1:13; ἄ. τοῦ νῦν (Timostratus [II B.C.] 1; cp. Lucian, Tim. 39; Plut., Rom. 15, 3; Philo, Abr. 182) 8:22; Phil 1:5.—1 Cor 4:11; 2 Cor 3:14; Gal 4:2; Phil 1:6; ἄ. τέλους (Plut., Demosth. 851 [13, 2], Fab. Max. 183 [16, 8]) to the end Hb 6:11; Rv 2:26; ἄ. ἡμερῶν πέντε within five days Ac 20:6. ἄ. νόμου until the time when (or better, before) the law was given Ro 5:13 (cp. Jos., Ant. 4, 248 ἄ. νομίμων γάμων=until the time of the lawful marriage). Cp. Mt 13:30 v.l.

β. in ref. to acts or conditions that prevail up to a certain point (SIG 1109, 84 ἄ. πληγῶν ἔρχεσθαι; Simplicius in Epict. p. 29, 7 ἄ. θανάτου σχεδόν of the lashings by the Spartans) διώκειν ἄ. θανάτου persecute to the death Ac 22:4; πιστὸς ἄ. θανάτου faithful unto death Rv 2:10; cp. 12:11 (s. SibOr 2, 47). ἄ. τῆς ἀγνοίας so long as he does not know Hm 4, 1, 5.

ⓑ used as conj. (B-D-F §383; 455, 3; Rob. 974)

α. w. rel. ἄχρι οὗ (=ἄχρι χρόνου ᾧ) until the time when w. past indic. (X., Hell. 6, 4, 37 ἄχρι οὗ ὅδε ὁ λόγος ἐγράφετο; Jos., Ant. 11, 111) ἄ. οὗ ἀνέστη Ac 7:18; ἄ. οὗ ἡμέρα ἤμελλεν γίνεσθαι until the day began to dawn 27:33. W. aor. subj. (Hdt. 1, 117; SIG 799, 26; POxy 104, 18; 507, 30; BGU 19 I, 5; Job 32:11) Lk 21:24; Ro 11:25; 1 Cor 11:26; 15:25; Gal 3:19; w. ἄν: ἄχρι οὗ ἄν (Hippocr., περὶ συρίγγων 3 [6, 450]) Gal 3:19 v.l.; Rv 2:25.— as long as (X., Cyr. 5, 4, 16; Plut., Mor. 601e; cp. 2 Macc 14:10) ἄ. οὗ τὸ σήμερον καλεῖται as long as it is still called ‘today’ Hb 3:13.

β. without rel., used w. aor. subj. until (POxy 491, 8; 1215, 3; Just., A I, 35, 1) Rv 7:3; 15:8; 17:17 v.l.; 20:3, 5. W. ἄν and aor. subj. (X., An. 2, 3, 2; SIG 972, 26f; BGU 419, 11; 830, 13 ἄ. ἄν σοι ἔλθω; PGM 5, 58; Jos., Ant. 12, 152; ParJer 7:24; Just., D. 103, 3) Gal 3:19 v.l. W. fut. ind. (SibOr 1, 273) Rv 17:17.—LRydbeck, Fachprosa, ’67, 144–53.

② marker of extension up to a certain point, as far as (SIG 937; Judg 11:33 B; Just., D. 64, 6) short ending of Mk; ἦλθεν ἄ. ἐμοῦ it came to where I was Ac 11:5; cp. 13:6; 20:4 v.l.; 28:15; ἄ. τούτου τοῦ λόγου as far as this word 22:22; ἄ. καὶ ὑμῶν 2 Cor 10:13f; ἄ. μερισμοῦ as far as the separation Hb 4:12; cp. Rv 14:20; 18:5.—DELG. M-M.