Strong G1519εἰς
toward
- Transliteration
- eis
- Pronunciation
- ice
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
A primary preposition;
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases.: - [abundant-] ly against among as at [back-] ward before by concerning + continual + far more exceeding for [intent purpose] fore + forth in (among at unto -so much that -to) to the intent that + of one mind + never of (up-) on + perish + set at one again (so) that therefore (-unto) throughout till to (be the end -ward) (here-) until (-to) . . . ward [where-] fore with. Often used in composition with the same general import but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literallyor figuratively.
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases.: - [abundant-] ly against among as at [back-] ward before by concerning + continual + far more exceeding for [intent purpose] fore + forth in (among at unto -so much that -to) to the intent that + of one mind + never of (up-) on + perish + set at one again (so) that therefore (-unto) throughout till to (be the end -ward) (here-) until (-to) . . . ward [where-] fore with. Often used in composition with the same general import but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literallyor figuratively.
Detailed definition
εἰς,
prep. with accusative,
expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative).
I. Of place.
1. After verbs of motion;
__(a) of entrance into: Mat.8:23, 9:7, Mrk.1:45, Luk.2:15, 8:31, al.;
__(b) of approach, to or towards: Mrk.11:1, Luk.6:8, 19:28, Jhn.11:31, 21:6, al.;
__(with) before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mrk.4:7, 8:19, 20, Luk.11:49, Jhn.21:23, al.;
__(d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mat.8:18, 21:1, Mrk.11:1, 13:16, Luk.14:10, Jhn.6:3, 11:32, al.; with accusative of person(s) (as in Ep. and Ion.), Act.23:15, Rom.5:12, 16:19, 2Co.10:14;
__(e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Act.9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Rom.15:31; metaphorically, of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end (Thayer, B, i, 1; ii, 1), εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200.
2. Of direction;
__(a) after verbs of seeing: Mat.6:26, Mrk.6:41, Luk.9:16, 62, Jhn.13:22, al.; metaphorically, of the mind, Heb.11:26, 12:2, al.;
__(b) after verbs of speaking: Mat.13:10, 14:9, 1Th.2:9, al.
3. After verbs of rest;
__(a) in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion (cl.; see WM, 516; Bl., §39, 3; M, Pr., 234f.): Mat.2:23, 4:13, 2Th.2:4, 2Ti.1:11, Heb.11:9, al.;
__(b) by an assimilation general in late Gk (see Bl., M, Pr., ll. with) = ἐν: Luk.1:44, 4:23, Act.20:16, 21:17, Jhn.1:18 (but see Westc, in l.), al.
II. Of time, for, unto;
1. accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Mat.21:19; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Luk.1:50; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, Heb.7:3, al.
2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Mat.6:34, Act.4:3, 25:21, Php.1:10, 2:16, 1Th.4:15, 2Ti.1:12; of entrance into a future period, σεις τὸ μέλλον (see: μέλλω), next (year), Luk.13:9 (but with ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Act.13:42; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (see: πάλιν, 2Co.13:2.
III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Rev.11:6; μετας-, Act.2:20, Jas.4:9; μεταλλάσσειν, Rom.1:26; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Mat.27:51, al.; predicatively with εἴναι, Act.8:23.
IV. Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to (so in cl., but more frequently in late Gk., εἰς encroaching on the simple dative, which it has wholly displaced in MGr.; Jannaris, Gr., §1541; Robertson, Gr., 594; Deiss., BS, 117f.): Luk.7:30, Rom.4:20, 15:2, 26, 1Co.16:1, Eph.3:16, al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, Rom.5:8, al.; χρηστός, Eph.4:32; φρονεῖν εἰς, Rom.12:16; θαρρεῖν, 2Co.10:1.
V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Luk.14:34; σόφος, Rom.16:19; ἰσχύειν, Mat.5:13; εἰς τοῦτο, Mrk.1:38, al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Rom.1:1; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Rom.8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Rom.3:25; εἰς τό, with inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): Mat.20:19, Rom.1:11, 1Co.9:18, al.
VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see: τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).
(AS)
prep. with accusative,
expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative).
I. Of place.
1. After verbs of motion;
__(a) of entrance into: Mat.8:23, 9:7, Mrk.1:45, Luk.2:15, 8:31, al.;
__(b) of approach, to or towards: Mrk.11:1, Luk.6:8, 19:28, Jhn.11:31, 21:6, al.;
__(with) before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mrk.4:7, 8:19, 20, Luk.11:49, Jhn.21:23, al.;
__(d) Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mat.8:18, 21:1, Mrk.11:1, 13:16, Luk.14:10, Jhn.6:3, 11:32, al.; with accusative of person(s) (as in Ep. and Ion.), Act.23:15, Rom.5:12, 16:19, 2Co.10:14;
__(e) elliptical: ἐπιστολαὶ εἰς Δαμασκόν, Act.9:2; ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱ., Rom.15:31; metaphorically, of entrance into a certain state or condition, or of approach or direction towards some end (Thayer, B, i, 1; ii, 1), εἰς τ. ὄνομα, M, Pr., 200.
2. Of direction;
__(a) after verbs of seeing: Mat.6:26, Mrk.6:41, Luk.9:16, 62, Jhn.13:22, al.; metaphorically, of the mind, Heb.11:26, 12:2, al.;
__(b) after verbs of speaking: Mat.13:10, 14:9, 1Th.2:9, al.
3. After verbs of rest;
__(a) in "pregnant" construction, implying previous motion (cl.; see WM, 516; Bl., §39, 3; M, Pr., 234f.): Mat.2:23, 4:13, 2Th.2:4, 2Ti.1:11, Heb.11:9, al.;
__(b) by an assimilation general in late Gk (see Bl., M, Pr., ll. with) = ἐν: Luk.1:44, 4:23, Act.20:16, 21:17, Jhn.1:18 (but see Westc, in l.), al.
II. Of time, for, unto;
1. accentuating the duration expressed by the accusative: εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Mat.21:19; εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γ., Luk.1:50; εἰς τ. διηνεκές, Heb.7:3, al.
2. Of a point or limit of time, unto, up to, until: Mat.6:34, Act.4:3, 25:21, Php.1:10, 2:16, 1Th.4:15, 2Ti.1:12; of entrance into a future period, σεις τὸ μέλλον (see: μέλλω), next (year), Luk.13:9 (but with ICC, in l.); εἰς τ. μεταξὺ σάββατον, on the next Sabbath, Act.13:42; εἰς τὸ πάλιν (see: πάλιν, 2Co.13:2.
III. Of result, after verbs of changing, joining, dividing, etc.: στρέφειν εἰς, Rev.11:6; μετας-, Act.2:20, Jas.4:9; μεταλλάσσειν, Rom.1:26; σχίζειν εἰς δύο, Mat.27:51, al.; predicatively with εἴναι, Act.8:23.
IV. Of relation, to, towards, for, in regard to (so in cl., but more frequently in late Gk., εἰς encroaching on the simple dative, which it has wholly displaced in MGr.; Jannaris, Gr., §1541; Robertson, Gr., 594; Deiss., BS, 117f.): Luk.7:30, Rom.4:20, 15:2, 26, 1Co.16:1, Eph.3:16, al.; ἀγάπη εἰς, Rom.5:8, al.; χρηστός, Eph.4:32; φρονεῖν εἰς, Rom.12:16; θαρρεῖν, 2Co.10:1.
V. Of the end or object: εὔθετος εἰς, Luk.14:34; σόφος, Rom.16:19; ἰσχύειν, Mat.5:13; εἰς τοῦτο, Mrk.1:38, al.; ἀφορίζειν εἰς, Rom.1:1; indicating purpose, εἰς φόβον, Rom.8:15; εἰς ἔνδειξιν, Rom.3:25; εἰς τό, with inf. (= ἵνα or ὥστε; Bl., §71, 5; M, Pr., 218ff.): Mat.20:19, Rom.1:11, 1Co.9:18, al.
VI. Adverbial phrases: εἰς τέλος, εἰς τὸ πάλιν, etc (see: τέλος, πάλιν, etc.).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1519 appears in 1,512 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- into529
- to319
- unto188
- for140
- in128
- on52
- toward26
- that26
- against24
- upon23
- at21
- among18
First verses
- Matthew 2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 2:14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
- Matthew 2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
- Matthew 2:21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
- Matthew 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
- Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Matthew 4:1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
- Matthew 4:5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- Matthew 4:8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
- Matthew 4:12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
- Matthew 4:13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
- Matthew 4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Matthew 4:24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- εἰσδέχομαιto receiveG1523
- εἰσφέρωto bring inG1533
- εἰσπορεύωto enterG1531
- εἰστρέχωto run inG1532
- εἰσάγωto bring inG1521
- εἰσέρχομαιto enterG1525
- ἔσωin/inner/inwardlyG2080
- εἰσακούωto listen toG1522
- ἔσοπτρονmirrorG2072
- εἴσοδοςentryG1529
- παρεισδύνωto infiltrateG3921
- σκύβαλονgarbageG4657
- εἴσειμιto enterG1524
- εἰσπηδάωto rush intoG1530
- εἰσκαλέωto inviteG1528
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐν εἰς
or ἐς, PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY:—both forms are found in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], Ionic dialect poets, and early metrical Inscrr.; ἐς is best attested in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)], and is found in nearly all early Ionic dialect Inscrr. (except [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).262.16 (Thasos, 5th c.BC), [prev. work]7.235.1 (Oropus, 4th c.BC)); εἰς in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. from 4th c.BC, “IG” 2.115, etc.)]; and usually in Attic dialect Prose (except [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus) and Comedy texts (except in parody): Trag. apparently prefer εἰς, but ἐς)] is used before vowels for the sake of meter; ἐς was retained in the phrases ἐς κόρακας (whence the Verb σκορακίζω), ἐς μακαρίαν. Aeolic dialect poets have εἰς before vowels, ἐς before consonants, and this is given as the rule in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus by “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.172, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Helladius Epigrammaticus cited in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. “Bibliotheca - Patrologia Graeca” p.533B. (Orig. ἐνς, as in “IG” 4.554.7 (from Argos), “GDI” 4986.11 (from Crete))]; compare ἐν, ἰν. The diphthong is genuine in Aeolic dialect εἰς, but spurious in Attic dialect-Ionic dialect) Radical sense into, and then more loosely, to:
I OF PLACE, the oldest and commonest usage, εἰς ἅλα into or to the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.141, +others; εἰς ἅλαδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.351; ἔς ῥ᾽ ἀσαμίνθους 4.48; ἐς οἶνον βάλε φάρμακον [prev. work] 220)]; frequently of places, to, εἰς Εὔβοιαν [Refs (3.174)]; ἐς Αἴγυπτον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, etc.)]; ἐς Μίλητον into the territory of Miletus,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 14; εἰς Ἑλλήσποντον εἰσέπλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.2; ἀφίκετο εἰς Μήδους πρὸς Κυαξάρην [prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.1.2)]; εἰς ἅρματα βαίνειν to step into.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.115; εἰς ἐλάτην ἀναβῆναι 14.287)]; opposed to ἐκ, in such phrases as ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης, ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς, from heel to ankle-joint, from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.397, 23.169; ἐκ πάτου ἐς σκοπιήν 20.137; ἐς μυχὸν ἐξ οὐδοῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.87)]; κἠς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος from year to year, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.15)]: with Verbs implying motion or direction, as of looking, ἰδεῖν εἰς οὐρανόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.364)]; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι to look in the face, [Refs (9.373)], etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν he is like in face (i.e. ἰδόντι), [Refs (3.158)], etc.; ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος ἐλθεῖν to come before another's eyes,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (24.204; ἐς ὄψιν ἀπικνέεσθαί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136; καλέσαι τινὰ ἐς ὄψιν [prev. author] 5.106, etc.)]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥκειν come to the same point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 273)]: less frequently after a substantive, ὁδὸς ἐς λαύρην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.128)]; τὸ ἐς Παλλήνην τεῖχος facing Pallene, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.56; ξύνοδος ἐς τὴν Δῆλον [prev. author] 3.104, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d.)]
I.b Epic dialect and Ionic dialect, also with accusative person (Attic dialect ὡς, πρός, παρά), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.312, 15.402, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.127, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.147)]; also in Attic dialect with collective Nouns, ἐς τὸν δῆμον παρελθόντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.45, or plurals, εἰς ὑμᾶς εἰσῆλθον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103)]; especially of consulting an oracle, ἐς θεὸν ἐλθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.31; εἰς Ἄμμων᾽ ἐλθόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 619.)]
I.2 with Verbs expressing restin a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied, ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκεν ἐπὶ θρόνου he put it in the house (i.e. he brought it into the house, and put it there), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.96)]; ἐς θρόνους ἕζοντο they sat them down upon the seats, [Refs (4.51, compare 1.130)]; ἐφάνη λὶς εἰς ὁδόν the lion appeared in the path, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.276; ἀπόστολος ἐς τὴν Μίλητον ἦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21 (assuming variant); αὐτὸς ἐς Αακεδαίμονα ἀπόστολος ἐγίνετο [prev. author] 5.38; ἐς κώμην παραγίνονται [prev. author] 1.185; παρῆν ἐς Σάρδις [prev. author] 6.1; ἐς δόμους μένειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 80 (codex Laur.); ἐς τὴν νῆσον κατέκλῃσε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.109, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.13)]; ἀπόβασιν ποιήσασθαι ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.33, etc.)]; later used like{ἐν}, τὴν γῆν εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς κατοικεῖτε [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Num.35.34; τὸ χρυσίον ὃ εἰλήφεσαν εἰς Ῥώμην 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.117; οἰκεῖν εἰς τὰ Ὕπατα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 1; εἰς Ἐκβάτανα ἀποθανεῖν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.8; εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν γῆν 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see {Καλλίμαχος})]: generally, τοὔνομα εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, φασίν, Ἱππομιγὴς δύναται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 9.16.)]
I.3 with Verbs of saying or speaking, εἰς relates to the persons to or before whom one speaks, εἰπεῖν ἐς πάντας, ἐς πάντας αὔδα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.26, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 93; λέγειν εἰς τὸ μέσον τῶν ταξιάρχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.7; αἱ ἐς τὸ φανερὸν λεγόμεναι αἰτίαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23)]: with other Verbs, εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας σαυτὸν σοφιστὴν παρέχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312a; καλὸν ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας τὸ ἀγώνισμα φανεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.56)]; ἐπαχθὴς ἦν ἐς τοὺς πολλούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.54; στρατιὰν ἐπαγγέλλων ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους [prev. author] 7.17; διαβεβλῆσθαι εἴς τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539c.)]
I.4 elliptical usages,
I.4.a after Verbs which have no sense of motion to or into a place, τὴν πόλιν ἐξέλιπον εἰς χωρίον ὀχυρόν they quitted the city for a strong position, i.e. to seek a strong position, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.24)]; γράμματα ἑάλωσαν εἰς Ἀθήνας letters were captured [and sent] to Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 1.1.23, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 468a; ἀνίστασθαι ἐς Ἄργος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 59, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116a.)]
I.4.b participles signifying motion are frequently omitted with εἰς, τοῖς στρατηγοῖς τοῖς εἰς Σικελίαν (i.e. ἀποδειχθεῖσιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.11, etc.)]
I.4.c with genitive, mostly of proper names, as εἰς Ἀΐδαο, Attic dialect εἰς Ἅιδου [δόμους], [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.48)]; ἐς Ἀθηναίης [ἱερόν] to the temple of Athena, [Refs (6.379; ἐς Πριάμοιο [οἶκον] 24.160, compare 309)]; εἰς Αἰγύπτοιο [ῥόον] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.581; ἐς τοῦ Κλεομένεος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51; εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 411; ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [ἰέναι] εἰς Ἀγάθωνος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174a: with Appellatives, ἀνδρὸς ἐς ἀφνειοῦ)] to a rich man's house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.482; ἐς πατρός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.195)]; πέμπειν εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.1; εἰς δ. φοιτᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 326c)]; ἐς σεωυτοῦ, ἑωυτοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 9.108, etc.)]
II OF TIME,
II.1 to denote a certain point or limit of time, up to, until, ἐς ἠῶ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.375)]; ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα till sunset, [Refs (9.161 (but also,)]towards or near sunset,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.138); ἐκ νεότητος ἐς γῆρας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.86; ἐκ παιδὸς ἐς γῆρας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.180)]; ἐς ἐμέ up to my time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.92, +others: with _adverbs_, εἰς ὅτε (compare ἔς τε))] against the time when.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.99)]; εἰς πότ; until when ? how long ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1185 (Lyric poetry, compare εἰσόκ; εἰς ὁπότε 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.99)]; ἐς τ; ={εἰς πότε}; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.465)]; ἐς ὅ until, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93, etc.; ἐς οὗ [prev. author] 1.67, 3.31, etc.; ἐς τόδε [prev. author] 7.29, etc.)]
II.2 to determine a period, εἰς ἐνιαυτόν for a year, i.e. a whole year, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.32, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.526)]; within the year,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 86 (compare ἐς ἐνίαυτον 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 8.12); εἰς ὥρας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.135)]; ἐς θέρος ἢ ἐς ὀπώρην for the summer, i.e. throughout it, [Refs (14.384)]; ἡ εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν κειμένη δαπάνη εἰς τὸν μῆνα δαπανᾶται the expenditure for a year is expended in the month, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.36; μισθοδοτεῖν τινὰς εἰς ἓξ μῆνας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.15; χοίνικα κριθῶν εἰς τέσσαρας ἡμέρας διεμέτρει 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36J.)]; εἰς ἑσπέραν ἥκειν to come at even, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 998)]; εἰς τρίτην ἡμέραν or εἰς τρίτην alone, on the third day, in two days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 286b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.27; ἥκειν ἐς τὴν ὑστεραίαν [prev. author] “An.” 2.3.25; ἥκειν εἰς τὸ ἔαρ “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 17.4)]; ἐς τέλος at last, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40)]; ἐς καιρόν in season, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.139)]; οὐκ ἐς ἀναβολάς, ἀμβολάς, with no delay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.21, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 270, etc.)]; ἐς τότε at this time, variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.317 (but εἰς τότε)] at that time (in the future), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 830b))]; ἐς ὕστερον or τὸ ὕστερον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.126, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.20: with _adverbs_, ἐς αὔριον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.538, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 858b; ἔς περ ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.199; ἐς αὖθις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.63 (see. εἰσαῦθις)] (; ἐς αὐτίκα μάλ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 367)]; εἰς ἔπειτα (see. εἰσέπειτα (; ἐς τὸ ἔ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; ἐς ὀψέ [prev. author] 8.23)]; εἰς ἅπαξ, see at {εἰσάπα; εἰς ἔτι}, see at {εἰσέτι}.
III to express MEASURE OR LIMIT, without reference to Time, ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο was left behind as far as a quoit's throw, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.523)]; ἐς δραχμὴν διέδωκε paid them as much as a drachma, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.29; ἱματισμὸν ζητῆσαι εἰς δύο τάλαντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23.8)]; so ἐς τὰ μάλιστα to the greatest degree, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.20, etc.; ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης ἀπίκευ [prev. author] 1.124; εἰς τοσοῦτο ἥκειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.10; εἰς τοῦτο θράσους καὶ ἀναιδείας ἀφίκετο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.194)]; ἐς ὅ ἐμέμνηντο so far as they remembered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.66; ἐς τὸ ἔσχατον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.229, etc.; εἰς ἅλις 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.17.)]
III.2 frequently with Numerals, ἐς τριακάδας δέκα ναῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 339)]; ναῦς ἐς τὰς τετρακοσίας, διακοσίας, to the number of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (400, etc., 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74, 100, etc.)]; εἰς ἕνα, εἰς δύο, εἰς τέσσαρας, one, two, four deep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.21)]; but εἰς τέσσαρας four abreast, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 40.6: with _adverbs_, ἐς τρίς or ἐστρίς)] thrice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.68, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86)]; of round numbers, about, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.10.)]
III.3 distributive, εἰς φυλάς by tribes, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.21, cf. LXX.2Ki.18.)]
III.4
IV to express RELATION, towards, in regard to, ἐξαμαρτεῖν εἰς θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 945, etc.)]; ἁμάρτημα εἴς τινα, αἰτίαι ἐς ἀλλήλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.96, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.66; ὄνειδος ὀνειδίζειν εἴς τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 522; ἔχθρη ἔστινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.65; φιλία ἐς ἀμφοτέρους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.9)]; λέγειν ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; γνώμη ἀποδεχθεῖσα ἐς τὴν γέφυραν [prev. author] 4.98; ἡ ἐς γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν ἀρχή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.46.)]
IV.b of the subject of a work, especially in titles, e.g. τὰ ἐς Ἀπολλώνιον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “VA”)]; of the object of a dedication, as in titles of hymns, ἐπινίκια, etc.
IV.2 in regard to, πρῶτος εἰς εὐψυχίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 326; σκώπτειν ἐς τὰ ῥάκια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 740, compare “Eq.” 90; διαβάλλειν τινὰ ἔς τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.88; αἰτία ἐπιφερομένη ἐς μαλακίαν [prev. author] 5.75; μέμφεσθαι εἰς φιλίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.30; εἰς τὰ πολεμικὰ καταφρονεῖσθαι [prev. author] “HG” 7.4.30; πόλεως εὐδοκιμωτάτης εἰς σοφίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d)]; in respect of, εὐτυχεῖν ἐς τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 542, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35b, etc.; εἰς χρήματα ζημιοῦσθαι [prev. author] “Lg.” 774b, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.55)]; ἐς τὰ ἄλλα Th.I.I; εἰς ἄπαντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 489; ἐς τὰ πάνθ᾽ ὁμῶς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 736; εἰς μὲν ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210a)]; τό γ᾽ εἰς ἑαυτόν, τὸ εἰς ἐμέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 706, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 691, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 346; ἐς ὀλίγους μᾶλλον τὰς ἀρχὰς ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν [prev. author] 2.37)]; for τελεῖν ἐς Ἕλληνας, Βοιωτούς, ἄνδρας, etc., see at {τελέω}.
IV.3 of Manner, ἐς τὸν νῦν τρόπον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.6; τίθεμεν τἆλλα εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λόγο; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 353d; ἐς ἓν μέλος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.7: frequently periphrastic for _adverbs_, ἐς κοινὸν φράζειν, λέγειν, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 844, “Eu.” 408)]; ἐς τὸ πᾶν, ={πάντως}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 682 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐς τάχος, ={ταχέως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 686)]; ἐς εὐτέλειαν, ={εὐτελῶς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Av.” 805; ἐς τἀρχαῖον [prev. author] “Nu.” 593; εἰς καλόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 76e; ἐς δέον γεγονέναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1416, and see at {δέον}.)]
V ofan end or limit, ἔρχεσθαι, τελευτᾶν, λήγειν ἐς.., to end in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 3.125, 4.39, etc.; ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα ου,ρον ἀνθρώπῳ προτίθημι [prev. author] 1.32)]; καταξαίνειν ἐς φοινικίδα to cut into red rags, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 320 (troch.); στρέφειν τι εἰς αἷμα NT.Rev.11.6)]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τελευτᾶν, εἰς ἄνδρα γενειᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173b, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.28; ἐκτρέφειν τὸ σπέρμα εἰς καρπόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.10: so with εἶναι or γίγνομαι)] to form a predicate, ἔσται εἰς ἔθνη [LXX (LXX.Gen.17.16; ἐγενήθη εἰς γυναῖκα [prev. work] 20.12)]; πιστὸς (i.e. ἦν) εἰς προφήτην [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ki.3.20; ἐγένετο εἰς δένδρον NT.Luke.13.19, +others)]
V.2 of Purpose or Object, εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν, πείσεται εἰς ἀγαθόν, for good, for his good, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.102, 11.789; εἰς ἀγαθὰ μυθεῖσθαι 23.305; ἐς πόλεμον θωρήξομαι 8.376, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.29, etc.)]; ἐς φόβον to cause fear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.310; ἐς ὑποδήματα δεδόσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.98; κόσμος ὁ εἰς ἑορτάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.6; ἐπιτηδεότατος, εὐπρεπής, ἔς τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115, 2.116)]; εἰς κάλλος ζῆν to live for show, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.33, compare “Ages.” 9.1; ἐς δαίτην ἐκάλεσσε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 1.1.5; εἰς κέρδος τι δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” III; πάσας φωνὰς ἱέντων εἰς ἀπόφυξιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 562; εἰς γράμματα παιδὶ δεκετεῖ ἐνιαυτοὶ τρεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 809e)]; εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα εἶναι to be pertinent, to the purpose, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.54)]; frequently of expenditure on an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.102.11, 116.41, +others; ἐς τὸ δέον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 859, etc.; ἐς δᾷδα [prev. work] 612.)]
B POSITION: εἰς is sometimes parted from its accusative by several words, εἰς ἀμφοτέρω Διομήδεος ἅρματα βήτην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.115; εἰς δὲ μονάρχου δῆμος ἀϊδρίῃ δουλοσύνην ἔπεσεν 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 9: seldom (only in Poets))] put after its case, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.59, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.137, 15.541, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 126 (Lyric poetry))]: after an adverb, αὔριον ἔς· τῆμος δὲ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.318.)]
or ἐς, PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY:—both forms are found in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], Ionic dialect poets, and early metrical Inscrr.; ἐς is best attested in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)], and is found in nearly all early Ionic dialect Inscrr. (except [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).262.16 (Thasos, 5th c.BC), [prev. work]7.235.1 (Oropus, 4th c.BC)); εἰς in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. from 4th c.BC, “IG” 2.115, etc.)]; and usually in Attic dialect Prose (except [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus) and Comedy texts (except in parody): Trag. apparently prefer εἰς, but ἐς)] is used before vowels for the sake of meter; ἐς was retained in the phrases ἐς κόρακας (whence the Verb σκορακίζω), ἐς μακαρίαν. Aeolic dialect poets have εἰς before vowels, ἐς before consonants, and this is given as the rule in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus by “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.172, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Helladius Epigrammaticus cited in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. “Bibliotheca - Patrologia Graeca” p.533B. (Orig. ἐνς, as in “IG” 4.554.7 (from Argos), “GDI” 4986.11 (from Crete))]; compare ἐν, ἰν. The diphthong is genuine in Aeolic dialect εἰς, but spurious in Attic dialect-Ionic dialect) Radical sense into, and then more loosely, to:
I OF PLACE, the oldest and commonest usage, εἰς ἅλα into or to the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.141, +others; εἰς ἅλαδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.351; ἔς ῥ᾽ ἀσαμίνθους 4.48; ἐς οἶνον βάλε φάρμακον [prev. work] 220)]; frequently of places, to, εἰς Εὔβοιαν [Refs (3.174)]; ἐς Αἴγυπτον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, etc.)]; ἐς Μίλητον into the territory of Miletus,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 14; εἰς Ἑλλήσποντον εἰσέπλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.2; ἀφίκετο εἰς Μήδους πρὸς Κυαξάρην [prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.1.2)]; εἰς ἅρματα βαίνειν to step into.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.115; εἰς ἐλάτην ἀναβῆναι 14.287)]; opposed to ἐκ, in such phrases as ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης, ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς, from heel to ankle-joint, from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.397, 23.169; ἐκ πάτου ἐς σκοπιήν 20.137; ἐς μυχὸν ἐξ οὐδοῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.87)]; κἠς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος from year to year, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.15)]: with Verbs implying motion or direction, as of looking, ἰδεῖν εἰς οὐρανόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.364)]; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι to look in the face, [Refs (9.373)], etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν he is like in face (i.e. ἰδόντι), [Refs (3.158)], etc.; ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος ἐλθεῖν to come before another's eyes,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (24.204; ἐς ὄψιν ἀπικνέεσθαί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136; καλέσαι τινὰ ἐς ὄψιν [prev. author] 5.106, etc.)]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥκειν come to the same point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 273)]: less frequently after a substantive, ὁδὸς ἐς λαύρην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.128)]; τὸ ἐς Παλλήνην τεῖχος facing Pallene, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.56; ξύνοδος ἐς τὴν Δῆλον [prev. author] 3.104, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d.)]
I.b Epic dialect and Ionic dialect, also with accusative person (Attic dialect ὡς, πρός, παρά), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.312, 15.402, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.127, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.147)]; also in Attic dialect with collective Nouns, ἐς τὸν δῆμον παρελθόντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.45, or plurals, εἰς ὑμᾶς εἰσῆλθον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103)]; especially of consulting an oracle, ἐς θεὸν ἐλθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.31; εἰς Ἄμμων᾽ ἐλθόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 619.)]
I.2 with Verbs expressing restin a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied, ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκεν ἐπὶ θρόνου he put it in the house (i.e. he brought it into the house, and put it there), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.96)]; ἐς θρόνους ἕζοντο they sat them down upon the seats, [Refs (4.51, compare 1.130)]; ἐφάνη λὶς εἰς ὁδόν the lion appeared in the path, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.276; ἀπόστολος ἐς τὴν Μίλητον ἦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21 (assuming variant); αὐτὸς ἐς Αακεδαίμονα ἀπόστολος ἐγίνετο [prev. author] 5.38; ἐς κώμην παραγίνονται [prev. author] 1.185; παρῆν ἐς Σάρδις [prev. author] 6.1; ἐς δόμους μένειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 80 (codex Laur.); ἐς τὴν νῆσον κατέκλῃσε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.109, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.13)]; ἀπόβασιν ποιήσασθαι ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.33, etc.)]; later used like{ἐν}, τὴν γῆν εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς κατοικεῖτε [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Num.35.34; τὸ χρυσίον ὃ εἰλήφεσαν εἰς Ῥώμην 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.117; οἰκεῖν εἰς τὰ Ὕπατα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 1; εἰς Ἐκβάτανα ἀποθανεῖν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.8; εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν γῆν 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see {Καλλίμαχος})]: generally, τοὔνομα εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, φασίν, Ἱππομιγὴς δύναται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 9.16.)]
I.3 with Verbs of saying or speaking, εἰς relates to the persons to or before whom one speaks, εἰπεῖν ἐς πάντας, ἐς πάντας αὔδα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.26, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 93; λέγειν εἰς τὸ μέσον τῶν ταξιάρχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.7; αἱ ἐς τὸ φανερὸν λεγόμεναι αἰτίαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23)]: with other Verbs, εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας σαυτὸν σοφιστὴν παρέχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312a; καλὸν ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας τὸ ἀγώνισμα φανεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.56)]; ἐπαχθὴς ἦν ἐς τοὺς πολλούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.54; στρατιὰν ἐπαγγέλλων ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους [prev. author] 7.17; διαβεβλῆσθαι εἴς τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539c.)]
I.4 elliptical usages,
I.4.a after Verbs which have no sense of motion to or into a place, τὴν πόλιν ἐξέλιπον εἰς χωρίον ὀχυρόν they quitted the city for a strong position, i.e. to seek a strong position, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.24)]; γράμματα ἑάλωσαν εἰς Ἀθήνας letters were captured [and sent] to Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 1.1.23, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 468a; ἀνίστασθαι ἐς Ἄργος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 59, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116a.)]
I.4.b participles signifying motion are frequently omitted with εἰς, τοῖς στρατηγοῖς τοῖς εἰς Σικελίαν (i.e. ἀποδειχθεῖσιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.11, etc.)]
I.4.c with genitive, mostly of proper names, as εἰς Ἀΐδαο, Attic dialect εἰς Ἅιδου [δόμους], [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.48)]; ἐς Ἀθηναίης [ἱερόν] to the temple of Athena, [Refs (6.379; ἐς Πριάμοιο [οἶκον] 24.160, compare 309)]; εἰς Αἰγύπτοιο [ῥόον] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.581; ἐς τοῦ Κλεομένεος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51; εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 411; ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [ἰέναι] εἰς Ἀγάθωνος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174a: with Appellatives, ἀνδρὸς ἐς ἀφνειοῦ)] to a rich man's house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.482; ἐς πατρός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.195)]; πέμπειν εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.1; εἰς δ. φοιτᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 326c)]; ἐς σεωυτοῦ, ἑωυτοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 9.108, etc.)]
II OF TIME,
II.1 to denote a certain point or limit of time, up to, until, ἐς ἠῶ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.375)]; ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα till sunset, [Refs (9.161 (but also,)]towards or near sunset,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.138); ἐκ νεότητος ἐς γῆρας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.86; ἐκ παιδὸς ἐς γῆρας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.180)]; ἐς ἐμέ up to my time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.92, +others: with _adverbs_, εἰς ὅτε (compare ἔς τε))] against the time when.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.99)]; εἰς πότ; until when ? how long ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1185 (Lyric poetry, compare εἰσόκ; εἰς ὁπότε 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.99)]; ἐς τ; ={εἰς πότε}; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.465)]; ἐς ὅ until, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93, etc.; ἐς οὗ [prev. author] 1.67, 3.31, etc.; ἐς τόδε [prev. author] 7.29, etc.)]
II.2 to determine a period, εἰς ἐνιαυτόν for a year, i.e. a whole year, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.32, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.526)]; within the year,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 86 (compare ἐς ἐνίαυτον 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 8.12); εἰς ὥρας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.135)]; ἐς θέρος ἢ ἐς ὀπώρην for the summer, i.e. throughout it, [Refs (14.384)]; ἡ εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν κειμένη δαπάνη εἰς τὸν μῆνα δαπανᾶται the expenditure for a year is expended in the month, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.36; μισθοδοτεῖν τινὰς εἰς ἓξ μῆνας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.15; χοίνικα κριθῶν εἰς τέσσαρας ἡμέρας διεμέτρει 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36J.)]; εἰς ἑσπέραν ἥκειν to come at even, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 998)]; εἰς τρίτην ἡμέραν or εἰς τρίτην alone, on the third day, in two days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 286b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.27; ἥκειν ἐς τὴν ὑστεραίαν [prev. author] “An.” 2.3.25; ἥκειν εἰς τὸ ἔαρ “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 17.4)]; ἐς τέλος at last, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40)]; ἐς καιρόν in season, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.139)]; οὐκ ἐς ἀναβολάς, ἀμβολάς, with no delay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.21, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 270, etc.)]; ἐς τότε at this time, variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.317 (but εἰς τότε)] at that time (in the future), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 830b))]; ἐς ὕστερον or τὸ ὕστερον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.126, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.20: with _adverbs_, ἐς αὔριον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.538, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 858b; ἔς περ ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.199; ἐς αὖθις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.63 (see. εἰσαῦθις)] (; ἐς αὐτίκα μάλ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 367)]; εἰς ἔπειτα (see. εἰσέπειτα (; ἐς τὸ ἔ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; ἐς ὀψέ [prev. author] 8.23)]; εἰς ἅπαξ, see at {εἰσάπα; εἰς ἔτι}, see at {εἰσέτι}.
III to express MEASURE OR LIMIT, without reference to Time, ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο was left behind as far as a quoit's throw, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.523)]; ἐς δραχμὴν διέδωκε paid them as much as a drachma, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.29; ἱματισμὸν ζητῆσαι εἰς δύο τάλαντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23.8)]; so ἐς τὰ μάλιστα to the greatest degree, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.20, etc.; ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης ἀπίκευ [prev. author] 1.124; εἰς τοσοῦτο ἥκειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.10; εἰς τοῦτο θράσους καὶ ἀναιδείας ἀφίκετο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.194)]; ἐς ὅ ἐμέμνηντο so far as they remembered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.66; ἐς τὸ ἔσχατον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.229, etc.; εἰς ἅλις 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.17.)]
III.2 frequently with Numerals, ἐς τριακάδας δέκα ναῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 339)]; ναῦς ἐς τὰς τετρακοσίας, διακοσίας, to the number of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (400, etc., 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74, 100, etc.)]; εἰς ἕνα, εἰς δύο, εἰς τέσσαρας, one, two, four deep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.21)]; but εἰς τέσσαρας four abreast, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 40.6: with _adverbs_, ἐς τρίς or ἐστρίς)] thrice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.68, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86)]; of round numbers, about, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.10.)]
III.3 distributive, εἰς φυλάς by tribes, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.21, cf. LXX.2Ki.18.)]
III.4
IV to express RELATION, towards, in regard to, ἐξαμαρτεῖν εἰς θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 945, etc.)]; ἁμάρτημα εἴς τινα, αἰτίαι ἐς ἀλλήλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.96, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.66; ὄνειδος ὀνειδίζειν εἴς τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 522; ἔχθρη ἔστινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.65; φιλία ἐς ἀμφοτέρους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.9)]; λέγειν ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; γνώμη ἀποδεχθεῖσα ἐς τὴν γέφυραν [prev. author] 4.98; ἡ ἐς γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν ἀρχή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.46.)]
IV.b of the subject of a work, especially in titles, e.g. τὰ ἐς Ἀπολλώνιον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “VA”)]; of the object of a dedication, as in titles of hymns, ἐπινίκια, etc.
IV.2 in regard to, πρῶτος εἰς εὐψυχίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 326; σκώπτειν ἐς τὰ ῥάκια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 740, compare “Eq.” 90; διαβάλλειν τινὰ ἔς τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.88; αἰτία ἐπιφερομένη ἐς μαλακίαν [prev. author] 5.75; μέμφεσθαι εἰς φιλίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.30; εἰς τὰ πολεμικὰ καταφρονεῖσθαι [prev. author] “HG” 7.4.30; πόλεως εὐδοκιμωτάτης εἰς σοφίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d)]; in respect of, εὐτυχεῖν ἐς τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 542, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 35b, etc.; εἰς χρήματα ζημιοῦσθαι [prev. author] “Lg.” 774b, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.55)]; ἐς τὰ ἄλλα Th.I.I; εἰς ἄπαντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 489; ἐς τὰ πάνθ᾽ ὁμῶς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 736; εἰς μὲν ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210a)]; τό γ᾽ εἰς ἑαυτόν, τὸ εἰς ἐμέ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 706, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 691, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 346; ἐς ὀλίγους μᾶλλον τὰς ἀρχὰς ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν [prev. author] 2.37)]; for τελεῖν ἐς Ἕλληνας, Βοιωτούς, ἄνδρας, etc., see at {τελέω}.
IV.3 of Manner, ἐς τὸν νῦν τρόπον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.6; τίθεμεν τἆλλα εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λόγο; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 353d; ἐς ἓν μέλος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.7: frequently periphrastic for _adverbs_, ἐς κοινὸν φράζειν, λέγειν, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 844, “Eu.” 408)]; ἐς τὸ πᾶν, ={πάντως}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 682 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐς τάχος, ={ταχέως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 686)]; ἐς εὐτέλειαν, ={εὐτελῶς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Av.” 805; ἐς τἀρχαῖον [prev. author] “Nu.” 593; εἰς καλόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 76e; ἐς δέον γεγονέναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1416, and see at {δέον}.)]
V ofan end or limit, ἔρχεσθαι, τελευτᾶν, λήγειν ἐς.., to end in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 3.125, 4.39, etc.; ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα ου,ρον ἀνθρώπῳ προτίθημι [prev. author] 1.32)]; καταξαίνειν ἐς φοινικίδα to cut into red rags, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 320 (troch.); στρέφειν τι εἰς αἷμα NT.Rev.11.6)]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τελευτᾶν, εἰς ἄνδρα γενειᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173b, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.28; ἐκτρέφειν τὸ σπέρμα εἰς καρπόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.10: so with εἶναι or γίγνομαι)] to form a predicate, ἔσται εἰς ἔθνη [LXX (LXX.Gen.17.16; ἐγενήθη εἰς γυναῖκα [prev. work] 20.12)]; πιστὸς (i.e. ἦν) εἰς προφήτην [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ki.3.20; ἐγένετο εἰς δένδρον NT.Luke.13.19, +others)]
V.2 of Purpose or Object, εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν, πείσεται εἰς ἀγαθόν, for good, for his good, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.102, 11.789; εἰς ἀγαθὰ μυθεῖσθαι 23.305; ἐς πόλεμον θωρήξομαι 8.376, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.29, etc.)]; ἐς φόβον to cause fear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.310; ἐς ὑποδήματα δεδόσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.98; κόσμος ὁ εἰς ἑορτάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.6; ἐπιτηδεότατος, εὐπρεπής, ἔς τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115, 2.116)]; εἰς κάλλος ζῆν to live for show, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.33, compare “Ages.” 9.1; ἐς δαίτην ἐκάλεσσε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 1.1.5; εἰς κέρδος τι δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” III; πάσας φωνὰς ἱέντων εἰς ἀπόφυξιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 562; εἰς γράμματα παιδὶ δεκετεῖ ἐνιαυτοὶ τρεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 809e)]; εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα εἶναι to be pertinent, to the purpose, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.54)]; frequently of expenditure on an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.102.11, 116.41, +others; ἐς τὸ δέον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 859, etc.; ἐς δᾷδα [prev. work] 612.)]
B POSITION: εἰς is sometimes parted from its accusative by several words, εἰς ἀμφοτέρω Διομήδεος ἅρματα βήτην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.115; εἰς δὲ μονάρχου δῆμος ἀϊδρίῃ δουλοσύνην ἔπεσεν 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 9: seldom (only in Poets))] put after its case, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.59, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.137, 15.541, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 126 (Lyric poetry))]: after an adverb, αὔριον ἔς· τῆμος δὲ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.318.)]