τόφρᾰ, demonstr.Adv.of Time,
A. up toorduring that time, so long,
Hom. , answering to relat.ὄφρα,which follows, Il. 11.754 , Od. 4.289 (soὄφρ' ἄνwithsubj., Il. 1.509 , al.); but the relat. commonly precedes,ὄφρα . . , τ. . .in (the course of) that time, so long. . , 18.381 , Od. 20.330 , h.Cer. 37 ;ὄφρ' ἂν . . , τ. . . Il. 7.194 , Od. 5.362 , al.;ὄφρα . . τ. δὲ. . Il. 4.221 , Od. 10.126 :—besides the regularὄφρα . . , τόφρα. . we findτ . . . , ἕως. . 5.122 ;τ . . . , ἕως κε. . 2.77 ; more freq.ἕως . . , τ. . . , Il. 15.392 , Od. 12.328 , al.;ἕως . . , τ. δὲ. . Il. 10.507 , Od. 5.425 , etc.;ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ . . , τ. . . 10.571 ;πρὶν . . , τ. . . Il. 21.101 ;εὖτε . . , τ. δὲ. . Od. 20.77 .
b. abs.,meanwhile,
Il. 10.498 , 13.83 , Od. 3.303 , 464 , al.
2. in Alex. Poets as relat., = ὄφρα , A.R. 4.1617 , Orph. A. 347 :τ. μὲν(relat.) . . ,τ. δὲ(demonstr.) . . Call. Del. 39 .
II. in Antim. 3 and Alex. Poets also as a final Conjunction,so that, that,
A.R. 3.807 , 4.1487 , AP 9.242 ( Antiphil. ), 13.22 ( Phaedim. ), Orph. A. 939 .