μέχρῐ,
and μέχρῐς, adverb as far as, so used chiefly in Prose and before a preposition, μέχρι πρός.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25b, “Criti.” 118a; μ. εἰς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.26; ἐς γόνυ μ. χιτῶνα ζώννυσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 11: before Advs. of Place or Time, μ. ἐνταῦθα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 222a, +others; μ. δεῦρο τοῦ λόγου [prev. author] “Smp.” 217e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ὅποι.. [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 487c ] Refs]; μ. ὅπου.. [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 169; οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.163; μ. τότε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.24; μ. τὰ νῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 686b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. νῦν (variant{τοῦ νῦν}) [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.110; μ. καὶ νῦν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.13 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; μέχρι πότε χηρεύομε; [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 4.1. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II preposition with genitive, even to, as far as,
__II.1 of Place, μέχρι θαλάσσης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.143; μ. τοῦ γούνατος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.80; μ. τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.96, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.6, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely following its case, ὀμφαλοῦ μ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 925a, compare “Supp.epigram” 3.400.5 (Delph., 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of Time, τέο μέχρι; i.e. τίνος μέχρι χρόνο; how long? [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.128 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μέχρις τε; [[ 7th c.BC: Callinus Epicus 1.1: in Prose, μέχρι τούτου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 245a, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν.. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90; μ. τούτου,.. μέχρις ἂν ῥηθῶσιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.91, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81d: with the _Article_, τὸ μ. ἐμεῦ] Refs 5th c.BC+] up to my time, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.10, 5.115 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης till the end of his life, [[ [prev. author] 3.160; μ. ἡμερέων ἑπτά [prev. author] 6.12; μέχρι Πυθίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.1; μέχρι ἡλίου δύντος “IG” 12.188.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]