εἰς
Perseus. "into, to c. acc."
PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY. Radical sense, "into", and then "to":
I. OF PLACE, the commonest usage, εἰς ἅλα "into or to" the sea, Hom., etc.:—properly opposed to ἐκ, ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης from head "to" foot, Il.; εἰς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος from year "to" year, Theocr.:—then, with all Verbs implying motion or direction, ἰδεῖν εἰς οὐρανόν Il.; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι to look "in" the face, id=Il.:—in Hom. and Hdt. also c. acc. pers., where the attic use ὡς, πρός, παρά.
2. with Verbs which express "rest in" a place, when a previous motion "into or to" it is implied, ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκε, i. e. he brought it "into" the house, and put it "there", Od.; παρεῖναι ἐς τόπον to go "to" a place and be there, Hdt.
3. with Verbs of saying or speaking, λόγους ποιεῖσθαι εἰς τὸ πλῆθος "to come before" the people and speak, id=Hdt., etc.
4. elliptical usage εἰς Ἀΐδαο, attic εἰς Ἅιδου [δόμους], ἐς Ἀθηναίης [ἱερόν] to the temple of Athena, etc.; as in Lat. ad Apollinis, ad Castoris (sc. "aedem);" so with appellatives, ἀνδρὸς ἐς ἀφνειοῦ to a rich man's, Il.
II. OF TIME,
1. to denote a certain point or limit of time, "to, up to, until", ἐς ἠῶ (attic εἰς τὴν ἕω) Od.; ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα "till" sun-set, id=Od.; ἐς ἐμέ "up to" my time, Hdt.:—so with Advs., εἰς ὅτε (cf. ἔς τε) "against" the time when, Od.; so, εἰς πότε; "until" when? how long? Soph.; ἐς ὃ "until", Hdt.
2. to determine a period, εἰς ἐνιαυτόν "for a" year, i. e. a whole year, Hom.; ἐς θέρος ἢ ἐς ὀπώρην "for" the summer, Od.; εἰς ἑσπέραν ἥκειν to come "at" even, Ar.; εἰς τρίτην ἡμέραν or εἰς τρίτην alone, "on" the third day, in three days, Plat.; ἐς τέλος "at" last, Hdt.; οὐκ ἐς ἀναβολάς "with" no delay, id=Hdt.;—so with Advs., ἐς αὔριον Il.; ἐς αὖθις or ἐσαῦθις Thuc.; εἰς ἔπειτα Soph., etc.; cf. εἰσάπαξ, εἰσότε.
III. to express MEASURE OR LIMIT, ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτε was left behind "as far as" a quoit's throw, Il.; ἐς δραχμὴν διέδωκε paid them "as much as" a drachma, Thuc.
2. with Numerals, ναῦς ἐς τὰς τετρακοσίους "to the number of" 400, id=Thuc.; εἰς ἕνα, εἰς δύο, one, two deep, etc., Xen.
IV. to express RELATION, "to or towards", ἁμαρτάνειν εἴς τινα Aesch.; ἔχθρα ἔς τινα Hdt.
2. "in regard to", like Lat. quod attinet ad, εὐτυχεῖν ἐς τέκνα Eur.; ἐς τὰ ἄλλα Thuc.; τό γ᾽ εἰς ἑαυτόν, τὸ εἰς ἐμέ Soph., Eur.
3. periphr. for Advs., ἐς κοινόν ῀ κοινῶς, Aesch.; ἐς τὸ πᾶν ῀ πάντως, id=Aesch.; εἰς τάχος ῀ ταχέως, Ar.
V. of an END, ἔρχεσθαι, τελευτᾶν ἐς.., to end in.., Hdt., etc.; καταξαίνειν ἐς φοινικίδα to cut "into" red rags, Ar.:—also, of a Purpose, εἰς ἀγαθόν "for" good, "for" his good, Il.; εἰς κάλλος ζῆν to live "for" show, Xen.