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μέχρι

[mé.kʰri]

prep

LanguageAncient Greek

Meaning
  1. of spatial extension: as far as
  2. of temporal extension: until
  3. of general extent: to the point of, so far as
  4. as far as
Examples

τῆς δὲ Συρίης τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον καὶ τὸ μέχρι Αἰγύπτου πᾶν Παλαιστίνη καλέεται

This part of Syria as far as Egypt is all called Palestine.

Pronunciationmé.kʰri

Part of speechprep

Usage noteOften takes the genitive case when used as a preposition.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.