ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦHdt.2.138 (who elsewh. has μέχρι); ἄ. τῆς ὁδοῦIG12.893; ἄ. τῆς πυλίδοσSIG2587.25; ἄ. τοῦ ΠειραιῶσD.18.301; ἔδακνεν ἄχρι τῆς καρδίασCom.Adesp.475; ἄχρις ἥπατοσTi.Locr.101a, cf. 100e; ἄχρι τῆς πόλεωσD.H.2.43; ἄ. τοῦ δεῦροGal.10.676: after its case, ἰνίου ἄχρισEuph.41. 3. of Measure or Degree, ἄχρι τούτου
up to
this point, D.23.122; ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆνX.Smp.4.37; ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαιD.8.77; ἄ. θανάτουAct.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 ἐγράφετοX.HG6.4.37; ἄχρις ὅτουEpigr.Gr.314.24 (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 δοκέῃHp.Fist.3; ἄχρις ἂν αἱ ἡμέραι παρέλθωσινId.Int.40; ἄχρι ἂν ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές [ἡ ἱστορία] Luc.Hist.Conscr.9: without ἄν, ἄχρις ῥεύσῃBion 1.47; ἄχρι οὗ τελευτήσῃ (v.l. -σει) Hdt.1.117; ἄχρι οὗ ἐπιλάμψῃPlu.Aem.17; ἄχρι ἄν, c.inf., Epist.Mithr. in SIG741.37: c. inf. only, ἄχρις ἱκέσθαι ὀστέονQ.S.4.361. 2. of Space,
so far as,
διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναιX.Cyr.5.4.16: c. subj., αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίουThphr.HP5.1.8; cf. μέχρι throughout. — Ep. poets use ἄχρι or ἄχρις, as the metre requires: in Ion. μέχρι is preferred (v. supr.): but ἄχρι, -ισ are more common in Hom. than μέχρι: the only Att. forms are ἄχρι, μέχρι, before both consonants and vowels, cf. Phryn.6, Moer.34; and so in Att. Inscrr. (where it is somewhat less freq. than μέχρι): ἄχρι ἄν with hiatus in IG2.2729, Hegesipp.Com.1.26; but ἄχρισMen.Sam.179.— Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, = -χρι, cf. μέχρι.)