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ἐσχατιά

ἐσχατιά, the furthest part, edge, border, verge

ἐσχᾰτ-ιά, Ion. ἐσχᾰτ-ιή, ἡ,
  • farthest part, edge, border, esp. of a place, Ep., Ion., Lyr., and sts. in Trag. (lyr.); νήσου ἐπʼ ἐσχατιῆς Od. 5.238; ἀγροῦ ἐπʼ ἐσχατιήν (v.l. -ῆς) on the edge of the land, 4.517, cf. 5.489 (v.l. -ῇς, -ῇ); simply ἐπʼ ἐσχατιῇ, -ῆς, on the edge or shore, 9.182, 280; ἐπʼ ἐσχατιῇ λιμένος at the mouth of the harbour, 2.391; ἐσχατιῇ πολέμοιο on the skirts of battle (i.e. farthest parts of the field), Il. 11.524, cf. 20.328; ἐσχατιῇ round the edge [of the funeral pile], 23.242; ἐσχατιαῖς, for ἐν ἐ., on the outskirts, S. Ph. 144 (anap.); also, of parts of the body, καρδίης ἡ ἐ. Hp. Cord. 4; γένυος Arat. 57: metaph., the extremity, highest point, ὄλβου πρὸς ἐσχατιαῖς (v.l. -ιάς) Pi. I. 6(5).12; πρὸς ἐσχατιὰν ἀρεταῖσιν ἱκάνων Id. O. 3.43; τὸ μηδαμῶς ὂν ἐ. τῆς πρώτης αἰτίας Dam. Pr. 441; μέχρι τῶν ἐ. Ph. 1.685.
      • 2 border of a country, ἐσχατιῇ Γόρτυνος Od. 3.294; ναῖον δʼ ἐσχατιὴν Φθίης Il. 9.484; ἐσχατιῇ alone, Od. 14.104; ἀνʼ ἐσχατιήν Archil. 89.4: pl., αἱ ἐ. τῆς οἰκεομένης the extremities of the world, Hdt. 3.106; also, borders, frontier-land, τῆς Αἰτωλίδος Id. 6.127: abs., Id. 3.115, 116, X. HG 2.4.4, etc.: in Attica, a boundary estate, i.e. one at the sea-side or the foot of the mountains (cf. AB 256), Aeschin. 1.97, D. 42.5, IG 2(2).1594 (iv B.C.), Alciphr. 3.34, cf. IG 12(5).872.82 (Tenos): pl., ib. 88.
      • 3 of Time, ἀνʼ ἐσχατιάν at last, Pi. P. 11.56: so dat., ἐσχατιῇ Nic. Th. 437.
      • 4 in pl., = δύσεις, Arat. 574.

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