__I.3 of Persons, lowest, meanest, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 8.18, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.5, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.43: proverbial, οὐδείς, οὐδ᾽ ὁ Μυσῶν ἔ.,] Refs 1st c.BC+] i.e. the meanest of mankind,[[ Magnes 5, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 77; in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 209b ] Refs 5th c.BC+] it seems to mean the remotest of mankind, compare πρὸς ἐσχάτην Μυσῶν variant in [[ “App.Prov.” 2.85 (παρὰ τοῖς ἐ. τῆς Μυσίας 15th c.AD: Apostolius Paroemiographus 8.1); similarly οὐδὲ τὸν ἔσχατον Καρῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.871b. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.4 of Time, last, ἐς τὸ ἔ. to the end, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.107, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. πλόος, ναυτιλίαι, the end of it, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.28, “N.” 3.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ ῥίζας over the last scion of the race, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 599 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. Ἑλλήνων, Ῥωμαίων, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 1, “Brut.” 44: _neuter_ ἔσχατον,] Refs 1st c.AD+] as adverb, for the last time, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1550 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; finally, best of all, [[ NT.1Cor.15.8 ] NT]; at the latest, ἔ. ἐν τρισὶ μησίν [[ “SIG” 1219.11 (Gambreion, 3rd c.BC),compare “Inscription Prien.” 4.45 (4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην at the last, [[ LXX.Eccl.1.11 ] LXX]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ[[LXX.2Ki.24.25, +others: ] LXX] substantive ἐσχάτη, ἡ, end, οὐχ ἕξεις ἐ. καλήν [[ 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” 21.4, compare 40.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.5 in the Logic of [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, τὰ ἔ.] Refs 4th c.BC+] are the last or lowest species, [[ “Metaphorical” 1059b26, or ] Refs]individuals, [[[prev. work]998b16,compare “Anthologia Graeca” 0.96b12, +others; τὸ ἔ. ἄτομον “Metaphorical” 1058b10. ] Refs]
__I.5.b ὁ ἔ. ὅρος the minor term of a syllogism, [[ “EN” 1147b14. ] Refs]
__I.5.c last step in geometrical analysis or ultimate condition of action, τὸ ἔ. ἀρχὴ τῆς πράξεως [[ “de An.” 433a16. ] Refs]
__II adverb -τως to the uttermost, exceedingly, πῦρ ἐ. καίει [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 8; ἐ. διαμάχεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 613a11; ἐ. φιλοπόλεμος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.1; φοβοῦμαί σ᾽ ἐ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 912, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.31U. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b -τως διακεῖσθαι to be at the last extremity, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.24.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.48; ἔχειν NT.Mark.5.23; ἀπορεῖν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.72J. ] NT+2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 so ἐς τὸ ἔ.,=ἐσχάτως, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.229; εἰς τὰ ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.33; εἰς τὰ ἔ. μάλα [prev. author] “Lac.” 1.2; τὸ ἔ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]finally, in the end, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, τὸ ἔ. what is worst of all, [[[prev. work] 508d. ] Refs]
