Τέως
so long
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] at that time. Or then. But Sophocles [sc. uses it] to mean earlier, or a little before.1 Aristophanes too [sc. uses it] to mean of earlier: "earlier indeed I was fed, though badly."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τέως· τηνικαῦτα. ἢ τότε. Σοφοκλῆς δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ πρότερον, ἢ πρὸ μικροῦ. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης ἀντὶ τοῦ πρότερον· τέως μὲν οὖν, ἀλλ' ἡμικάκως ἐβοσκόμην.
Betacode
*te/ws: thnikau=ta. h)\ to/te. *sofoklh=s de\ a)nti\ tou= pro/teron, h)\ pro\ mikrou=. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs a)nti\ tou= pro/teron: te/ws me\n ou)=n, a)ll' h(mika/kws e)bosko/mhn.
Notes (2)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- π2510Πρὸ μικροῦa little before[no gloss]
- τ320Τέωςso longMeaning before. Until. Up to the time when. Up to. While.
- τ322Τέωςuntil then, hitherto, in the meantime, as long as, untilThe orators [use it] in reference to a previous time or to long ago. Up to then. te/ws [sc. occurs in] Antiphon: "for until then a long time was more reliable than a short one." Also in reference to 'in such an amount…
- τ521Τηνικαῦταat that time[Meaning] then.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes and links — Catharine Roth
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth