"μέχρι" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Adverb

IPA: /mé.kʰri/, /ˈme.xri/, /ˈme.xri/, /mé.kʰri/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.kʰri/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: μέχρῐ [canonical], mékhri [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), from *me (“with”) – cf. μετά (metá) – and *ǵʰes- (“hand”), whence χείρ (kheír). Cognate with its zero-grade ἄχρι (ákhri), Old Armenian մերձ (merj) and Albanian ndjerë. The genitive is from the PIE ablative of comparison/extent. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ǵʰes-}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*méǵʰ(s)ri|pos=locative}} Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), {{cog|xcl|մերձ}} Old Armenian մերձ (merj), {{cog|sq|ndjerë}} Albanian ndjerë Head templates: {{grc-adverb|μέχρῐ}} μέχρῐ • (mékhri)
  1. until
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-adv-LjIA3oS5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μέχρῐς (mékhris) [before-vowel]

Conjunction

IPA: /mé.kʰri/, /ˈme.xri/, /ˈme.xri/, /mé.kʰri/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.kʰri/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: μέχρῐ [canonical], mékhri [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), from *me (“with”) – cf. μετά (metá) – and *ǵʰes- (“hand”), whence χείρ (kheír). Cognate with its zero-grade ἄχρι (ákhri), Old Armenian մերձ (merj) and Albanian ndjerë. The genitive is from the PIE ablative of comparison/extent. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ǵʰes-}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*méǵʰ(s)ri|pos=locative}} Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), {{cog|xcl|մերձ}} Old Armenian մերձ (merj), {{cog|sq|ndjerë}} Albanian ndjerë Head templates: {{head|grc|conjunction|cat2=|head=μέχρῐ|head2=}} μέχρῐ • (mékhri), {{grc-conjunction|μέχρῐ}} μέχρῐ • (mékhri)
  1. until
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-conj-LjIA3oS5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μέχρῐς (mékhris) [before-vowel]

Preposition

IPA: /mé.kʰri/, /ˈme.xri/, /ˈme.xri/, /mé.kʰri/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.kʰri/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.xri/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: mékhri [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), from *me (“with”) – cf. μετά (metá) – and *ǵʰes- (“hand”), whence χείρ (kheír). Cognate with its zero-grade ἄχρι (ákhri), Old Armenian մերձ (merj) and Albanian ndjerë. The genitive is from the PIE ablative of comparison/extent. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ǵʰes-}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*méǵʰ(s)ri|pos=locative}} Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), {{cog|xcl|մերձ}} Old Armenian մերձ (merj), {{cog|sq|ndjerë}} Albanian ndjerë Head templates: {{grc-preposition|gen}} μέχρι • (mékhri) (governs the genitive)
  1. Marker of spatial extension: as far as Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-prep-T-6KFdnb Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 49 0 51 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 0 0 50 0 50
  2. Marker of temporal extension: until Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-prep-Jk-N4tAm Categories (other): Ancient Greek genitive prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34
  3. Marker of general extent: to the point of, so far as Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-prep-88Ld2ZNg Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 49 0 51 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 12 12 33 10 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 0 0 50 0 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μέχρῐς (mékhris) [before-vowel] Related terms: ἄχρι (ákhri)

Alternative forms

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  ],
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}

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      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.kʰri/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.kʰri/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
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}

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