"μέχρι" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μέχρι in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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], mékhrĭ [romanization], μέχρῐς [alternative, before-vowel]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), from *me (“with”) (see also μετά (metá)) + *ǵʰes- (“hand”) (whence χείρ (kheír, “hand”)). Cognate with its zero-grade ἄχρι (ákhri, “utterly, as far as”), Old Armenian մերձ (merj, “near, by”) and Albanian ndjerë (“until, near”). 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|t=near, by}} Old Armenian մերձ (merj, “near, by”), {{cog|sq|ndjerë|t=until, near}} Albanian ndjerë (“until, near”) Head templates: {{grc-adverb|μέχρῐ}} μέχρῐ • (mékhrĭ)
  1. until
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-adv-LjIA3oS5

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], mékhrĭ [romanization], μέχρῐς [alternative, before-vowel]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), from *me (“with”) (see also μετά (metá)) + *ǵʰes- (“hand”) (whence χείρ (kheír, “hand”)). Cognate with its zero-grade ἄχρι (ákhri, “utterly, as far as”), Old Armenian մերձ (merj, “near, by”) and Albanian ndjerë (“until, near”). 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|t=near, by}} Old Armenian մերձ (merj, “near, by”), {{cog|sq|ndjerë|t=until, near}} Albanian ndjerë (“until, near”) Head templates: {{head|grc|conjunction|cat2=|head=μέχρῐ|head2=}} μέχρῐ • (mékhrĭ), {{grc-conjunction|μέχρῐ}} μέχρῐ • (mékhrĭ)
  1. until
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-conj-LjIA3oS5

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], μέχρῐς [alternative, before-vowel]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), from *me (“with”) (see also μετά (metá)) + *ǵʰes- (“hand”) (whence χείρ (kheír, “hand”)). Cognate with its zero-grade ἄχρι (ákhri, “utterly, as far as”), Old Armenian մերձ (merj, “near, by”) and Albanian ndjerë (“until, near”). 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|t=near, by}} Old Armenian մերձ (merj, “near, by”), {{cog|sq|ndjerë|t=until, near}} Albanian ndjerë (“until, near”) 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
  2. Marker of temporal extension: until Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-μέχρι-grc-prep-Jk-N4tAm
  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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 9 0 91 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 13 13 23 11 39 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 14 14 18 12 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 0 1 0 57 40 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 0 56 42 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ἄχρι (ákhri)

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri (locative), from *me (“with”) (see also μετά (metá)) + *ǵʰes- (“hand”) (whence χείρ (kheír, “hand”)). Cognate with its zero-grade ἄχρι (ákhri, “utterly, as far as”), Old Armenian մերձ (merj, “near, by”) and Albanian ndjerë (“until, near”).\nThe genitive is from the PIE ablative of comparison/extent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μέχρῐ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mékhrĭ",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "μέχρῐς",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "until"
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      "links": [
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          "until",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/mé.kʰri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.kʰri/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.kʰri/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέχρι"
}

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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
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    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "μέχρῐς",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "prep",
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    {
      "roman": "ákhri",
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  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Marker of spatial extension: as far as"
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          "as far as"
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        "Marker of temporal extension: until"
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        "with-genitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "Marker of general extent: to the point of, so far as"
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/mé.kʰri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.kʰri/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.kʰri/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.xri/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέχρι"
}

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