ἔσχατος
Alt. ἔσχα^τος, η, ον
Etym. prob. from ἐκ, ἐξ, as if ἔξατος,
"outermost"
I. of Space, as always in Hom. "the furthest, uttermost, extreme", id=Hom., Hdt., attic; ἔσχατοι ἄλλων, of the Thracians who were "the last" in the Trojan lines, Il.; ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν, of the Aethiopians, Od.: ἔσχατα, τά, "extremities", ἐσχ. γαίης Hes.; τὰ ἔσχ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου Thuc.
II. "the furthest" in each direction.
2. "the uppermost", Soph.
3. "lowest, deepest", Lat. imus, ἀΐδας Theocr.
4. "innermost", Lat. intimus, Soph.
5. "the last, hindmost", id=Soph.
III. of Degree, "the uttermost, utmost, last, worst", πόνος, κίνδυνος Plat.:—as Subst., τὸ ἔσχατον, τὰ ἔσχατα, "the utmost", Hdt.; of suffering, pain, etc., id=Hdt., attic; ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατα βαίνεις Soph.; ἔσχατ᾽ ἐσχάτων κακά "worst of possible" evils, id=Soph.; so in Sup., τὰ πάντων ἐσχατώτατα the "extremest" of all, Xen.
IV. of Time, "last", ἐς τὸ ἔσχ. to "the end", Hdt., Thuc.; ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ ῥίζας over "the last" scion of the race, Soph.: —neut. ἔσχατον as adv., "for the last time", id=Soph.
V. adv. -τως, "to the uttermost, exceedingly", Xen.:—so, ἐς τὸ ἔσχ. Hdt., Xen.