eij", EIÆS, eij"
EIÆS or EÆS , P REP. WITH ACC. ONLY. Radical sense, into, and then to:
I. OF P LACE , the commonest usage, eij" a{la into or to the sea, Hom. , etc. :—properly opposed to ejk, ej" sfuro;n ejk ptevrnh" from head to foot, Il.; eij" e[to" ejx e[teo" from year to year, Theocr. :—then, with all Verbs implying motion or direction, ijdei`n eij" oujranovn Il.; eij" w\pa ijdevsqai to look in the face, Ib.:—in Hom. and Hdt. also c. acc. pers., where the Att. use wJ", prov", parav .
2. with Verbs which express rest in a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied, ej" mevgaron katevqhke , i.e. he brought it into the house, and put it there, Od.; parei`nai ej" tovpon to go to a place and be there, Hdt.
3. with Verbs of saying or speaking, lovgou" poiei`sqai eij" to; plh`qo" to come before the people and speak, Id., etc.
4. elliptical usage eij" jAi?dao , Att. eij" {Aidou [ dovmou" ], ej" jAqhnaivh" [ iJerovn ] to the temple of Athena, etc. ; as in Lat. ad Apollinis, ad Castoris ( sc. aedem); so with appellatives, ajndro;" ej" ajfneivou to a rich mans, Il.
II.
OF
T
IME
,
1.
to denote a certain point or limit of time,
to, up to, until,
ej" hjw`
(
Att.
eij" th;n e{w
) Od.;
ej" hjevlion kataduvnta
till
sun-set, Ib.;
ej" ejmev
up to
my time,
Hdt.
:—so with Advs.,
eij" o{te
(
cf.
e[" te
)
against
the time when, Od.; so,
eij" povte
;
until
when? how long?
Soph.
;
ej" o}
until,
Hdt.
2. to determine a period, eij" ejniautovn for a year, i.e. a whole year, Hom. ; ej" qevro" h] ej" ojpwvrhn for
the summer, Od.; eij" eJspevran h{kein to come at even, Ar. ; eij" trivthn hJmevran or eij" trivthn alone, on the third day, in three days, Plat. ; ej" tevlo" at last, Hdt. ; oujk ej" ajnabolav" with no delay, Id.;—so with Advs., ej" au[rion Il.; ej" au\qi" or ejsau`qi" Thuc .; eij" e[peita Soph ., etc. ; cf. eijsavpax , eijsovte .
III.
to express
MEASURE OR LIMIT
,
ej" divskoura levleipte
was left behind
as far as
a quoits throw,
Il.;
ej" dravcmhn dievdwke
paid them
as much as
a drachma,
Thuc.
2.
with Numerals,
nau`" ej" ta;" tetrakosivou"
to the number of
400, Id.;
eij" e{na, eij" duvo
, one, two deep,
etc.
,
Xen.
IV.
to express
RELATION
,
to
or
towards,
aJmartavnein ei[" tina
Aesch
.;
e[cqra e[" tina
Hdt.
2.
in regard to,
like
Lat.
quod attinet ad
,
eujtucei`n ej" tevkna
Eur
.;
ej" ta; a[lla
Thuc
.;
tov gÆ eij" eJautovn, to; eij" ejmev
Soph
.,
Eur.
3. periphr. for Advs., ej" koinovn = koinw`" , Aesch. ; ej" to; pa`n = pavntw" , Id.; eij" tavco" = tacevw" ,
V. of an E ND, e[rcesqai, teleuta`n ej" . . , to end in. . , Hdt. , etc. ; kataxaivnein ej" foinikivda to cut into red rags, Ar. :—also, of a Purpose, eij" ajgaqovn for good, for his good, Il.; eij" kavllo" zh`n to live for show, Xen.
ei|", E |IS, ei|"
E |IS , miva<Eth>, e{n ; gen. eJnov", mia`", eJnov" :— Ep. lengthd. e{ei" :— Ep. fem. i[a± , gen. ijh`" ; dat. ijh`/ ; a neut. dat. ( ijw`/ kivon h[mati ) also occurs in Il. (The orig. form was prob. {ENS , cf. Lat. un-us . The fem. miva points to a second Root, cf. oi\o" with movno" .)
1.
one,
Hom
.,
etc.
;
ei|" oi\o", miva oi[h
a single one, one alone,
Id.;
ei|smovno"
Hdt.
2.
with a
Sup.
, like
Lat.
unus omnium maxime
,
ei|" ajnh;r plei`ston povnon parascwvn
Aesch
.;
kavllistÆ ajnh;r ei|"
Soph
.;
pavntwn ei|" ajnh;r tw`n megivstwn ai[tio" kakw`n
Dem.
3.
in oppos., made emphatic by the Art.,
oJ ei|", hJ miva
Hom
.,
Att.
4.
with a
negat.
,
ei|" oujdeiv"
nullus unus,
no
single man,
Hdt
.,
Thuc.
;
oujc ei|"
, i.e. more than one,
Ar.