τέως, Ep. prob.τῆος(not in codd. of Hom. ,v.sub fin.):—Adv.of Time,
A. so long, in the meantime, correlat. to ἕως, ἧος ἐγὼ . . ἠλώμην, τῆός μοι ἀδελφεὸν ἄλλος ἔπεφνεν
Od. 4.91
, cf. Il. 20.42 ; toὄφρα, 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, forτέως μὲν). . δέδετοib. 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 forἕως, 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.ἕωςB), mostly with some answering word or phrase, as τῆος μὲν . . , αὐτὰρ νῦν
Od. 16.139