Included with:
ἔσχᾰτος, η, ον, also ος, ον [
Refs 4th c.BC+](probably from ἐκ, ἐξ, perhaps eĝhzκατος (compare ἐχθός) like{ἔγ-κατα}):
I) of Space, as always in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
farthest, uttermost, extreme, θάλαμος ἔ. the
hindmost chamber, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
at the end of the lines, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν, of the Aethiopians, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τάξις ἐ. the
farthest part of the army, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐσχάτων ἐς ἔσχατα ἀπικέσθαι from
end to
end, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in various senses,
uppermost, ἐ. πυρά [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
lowest, deepest, ἀΐδας [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
innermost, σάρκες [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
last, hindmost, ἤλαυνε δ᾽ ἔ. [
Refs]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ at the
close of a document, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.2) of Degree,
uttermost, highest, τὸ ἔ. κορυφοῦται βασιλεῦσι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of misfortunes, sufferings, etc,
utmost, last, worst, πόνος, ἀδικία, κίνδυνοι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆμος ἔ.
extreme democracy, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2.b)
substantive, τὸ ἔ, τὰ ἔ,
the utmost, ἐς τὸ ἔ. κακοῦ ἀπιγμένοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζημιοῦσθαι πᾶσι τοῖς ἐ, Latin
extremis suppliciis, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔσχατ᾽ ἐσχάτων κακά
worst of possible evils, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative οὔτε γὰρ τοῦ ἐσχάτου -ώτερον εἴη ἄν τι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
falsa lectio in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3) of Persons,
lowest, meanest, [
Refs 1st c.BC+] i.e.
the meanest of mankind,[
Refs 5th c.BC+] it seems to mean the
remotest of mankind, compare πρὸς ἐσχάτην Μυσῶν variant in [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.4) of Time,
last, ἐς τὸ ἔ. to the
end, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. πλόος, ναυτιλίαι,
the end of it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ ῥίζας over
the last scion of the race, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. Ἑλλήνων, Ῥωμαίων, [
Refs 1st c.AD+] as
adverb,
for the last time, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
finally, best of all, [
NT];
at the latest, ἔ. ἐν τρισὶ μησίν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην at the
last, [
LXX]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ[
LXX]
substantive ἐσχάτη, ἡ,
end, οὐχ ἕξεις ἐ. καλήν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I.5) in the Logic of [
Refs 4th c.BC+] are the
last or
lowest species, [
Refs]
individuals, [
Refs]
I.5.b) ὁ ἔ. ὅρος the
minor term of a syllogism, [
Refs]
I.5.c)
last step in
geometrical analysis or
ultimate condition of action, τὸ ἔ. ἀρχὴ τῆς πράξεως [
Refs]
II)
adverb -τως
to the uttermost, exceedingly, πῦρ ἐ. καίει [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.b) -τως διακεῖσθαι to be
at the last extremity, [
NT+2nd c.BC+]
II.2) so ἐς τὸ ἔ,=ἐσχάτως, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
finally, in the end, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, τὸ ἔ.
what is worst of all, [
Refs]