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Strong's #2075 - ἐστέ
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- second person plural of "to be"
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ἔστε,
Dor. ἕστε EM 382.8, v.l. in Theoc. 5.22, al., cf. Eust. 161 fin. (written εστε in IG 14.352ii60 (Halaesa)); Locr. ἔντε ib.9(1).334.15; Delph. hέντε Schwyzer 323 B 44 (also εἴστε, v. infr.); Boeot. ἔττε IG 7.3054.7 (Lebad.): from ἐνς (= εἰς) with suffix -τε as in ὅ-τε, and so εἴστε SIG 241.69 (Delph., iv B. C.). (ἔσκε Archil. 14, AP 7.727 (Theaet.) may be f.l.). — Found in post-Homeric , Ion., Trag., X., POxy. 2120.7 (iii A. D.), etc. (it is f.l. in Pl. Smp. 211c).
I CONJUNCTION, = ἕως:
1 up to the time that, until, with aor. ind., of actual occurrence in past time, ἄτερ γνώμης τὸ πᾶν ἔπρασσον ἔ. δή σφιν ἀντολὰς ἐγὼ ἄστρων ἔδειξα A. Pr. 457. cf. S. Ant. 415, Aj. 1031, El. 753; ἔ. περ A.R. 2.85; παίουσι τὸν Σωτηρίδαν ἔστε ἠνάγκασαν πορεύεσθαι X. An. 3.4.49, cf. 2.5.30. with aor. subj. and ἄν, of future time, after primary tenses, ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τύχην ἔστ' ἂν Διὸς φρόνημα λωφήσῃ χόλου A. Pr. 378, cf. 697, Eu. 449; τῇδε μενέομεν ἔστ' ἂν καὶ τελευτήσωμεν Hdt. 7.141, cf. 158; περιμένετε ἔστ' ἂν ἐγὼ ἔλθω X. An. 5.1.4; ἔντε, ἕντε κ' ἀποτείσῃ, IG 9(1).334.15, Schwyzer 323 B 44 (v/iv B. C.); ἕστε κε indef., until such time as.., Theoc. 5.22; χιμάρῳ δὲ καλὸν κρέας ἕστε κ' ἀμέλξῃς Id. 1.6, cf. 6.32; also after historical tenses, ἐδέοντο Εὐρυβιάδεω προσμεῖναι ἔστ' ἂν αὐτοὶ τέκνα τε καὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας ὑπεκθέωνται Hdt. 8.4, cf. X. HG 3.1.15, An. 4.5.28: retained in orat. obliq., αὐτὸς ἔφη παραμενεῖν ἔστ' ἂν τοὺς βότρυς ποιήσωσι γλεῦκος Longus 4.5: ἄν omitted, ἀρήγετ' ἔστ' ἐγὼ μόλω S. Aj. 1183; cf. ἄν (A) B. 1.2. with aor. opt. after historical tenses (representing ἔστ' ἄν with subj.), ἐπιμεῖναι ἐκέλευσαν ἔστε βουλεύσαιντο X. An. 5.5.2; ἀνέμενεν αὐτοὺς ἔστ' ἐμφάγοιέν τι he always waited until.., Id. Cyr. 8.1.44; in orat. obliq., ὅτι..δέοιτο ἂν αὐτοῦ μένειν ἔστε σὺ ἀπέλθοις ib. 5.3.13. with aor. inf., in orat. obliq. and the like for opt., ἔστε αὐτὴν νέμεσθαι Κρῆτας, = ἔστε αὐτὴν νέμοιντο Κρῆτες, Hdt. 7.171; freq. in later writers, ἔστε Δαρεῖον γνῶναι, = ἔστε Δαρεῖος γνοίη, Arr. An. 2.1.3; ἔστε παρελθεῖν ib. 4.7.1, cf. Ael. Nahum 2:11; for ἔστ' ἄν with subj., Arr. Cyn. 2.4, 25.2, 31.5. with impf. ind., ἔστ' ἀφίκανεν A.R. 4.849.
2. so long as, while, with impf. ind. of actual occurrence in past time, ἔστε μὲν..ἔπινον, ἡδὺ τέως ἐδόκει Thgn. 959; ἔστε μὲν αἱ σπονδαὶ ἦσαν, οὔποτε ἐπαυόμην X. An. 3.1.19, cf. Mem. 1.2.18, Arr. An. 2.11.6. with pres. subj. and ἄν, of future time, ἔστ' ἂν ἀοιδάων ᾖ γένος Ἑλλαδικῶν Xenoph. 6.4; οὐ μὲν δὴ λήξω ἔστ' ἂν..λεύσσω.. τόδ' ἦμαρ S. El. 105 (anap.), cf. E. Alc. 337; ἔστ' ἄνπερ ἐπιδεικνύηται X. Eq. 11.9; ἔστ' ἂν ἔκδημος (sc. ᾖ) χθονὸς Θησεύς, ἄπειμι E. Hipp. 659: so with pf. subj., = pres., ὑμῖν Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπαγγέλλονται γυναῖκας ἐπιθρέψειν, ἔστ' ἂν ὁ πόλεμος ὅδε συνεστήκῃ Hdt. 8.142; of present time, Emp. 42.2. with pres. opt. after historical tenses (representing ἔστ' ἄν with subj.), ἐδόκει τοῖς στρατηγοῖς βέλτιον εἶναι τὸν πόλεμον ἀκήρυκτον εἶναι, ἔστ' ἐν τῇ πολεμίᾳ εἶεν X. An. 3.3.5; τοσοῦτον χρόνον ζῆν ἔστε νικῴη.. ib. 1.9.11. with aor. subj. and ἄν, ἔστ' ἂν πολεμίους δείσωσι κελευόμενα πάντα ποιοῦσι Id. Mem. 3.5.6.
II ADV. even to, of Space, up to, βόθροι ἐγίγνοντο μεγάλοι ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸ δάπεδον Id. An. 4.5.6, cf. 4.8.8, Arr. An. 1.28.3; ἕστ' ἐπὶ πᾶχυν Theoc. 7.67. of Time, ἔστε ἐπὶ κνέφας Arr. An. 7.25.2; ἕστε ἐς.., κατὰ.., IG 14.352 ii 60, i65 (Halaesa); εἴστε εἰς Θεύχαριν ἄρχοντα SIG 241.69 (Delph., iv B. C.); ἔστε πρὸς τὸ ἐφηβικόν Luc. Nav. 3.
III PREPOSITION, c. acc.. of Space, up to, ἔστε τὸν ὅρον, ἔστε καὶ τὰν φάραγγα, Schwyzer 289.166,169 (ii B. C.); παρατείνει ἔστε τὴν θάλασσαν Arr. Ind. 2.2 ([ ἐπί ] Hercher). of Time, until, up to, ἔ. καὶ τὸν νῦν χρόνον Schwyzer 289.113; ἔ. καὶ τὰν τριακάδα τοῦ Ἀλσείου SIG 1023.25 (Cos, iii/ii B. C.).
ἐστε ́
SEE G1510
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