Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὡραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὡραῖος ὡραῖη ὡραῖον

Structure: ὡραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. produced at the right season, seasonable, timely, hora), fruits gathered in due season, of the season, yearling
  2. the summer season, in the season
  3. happening or done in season, in due season, seasonable, fair
  4. seasonable, due, proper
  5. seasonable or ripe, ripe for death
  6. in the bloom of youth, blooming, beautiful

Examples

  • γαμέουσι δὲ οὔτε τι διδόντεσ οὔτε τι λαμβάνοντεσ, ἀλλὰ ὅσαι ἤδη ὡραῖαι γάμου, ταύτασ δὲ οἱ πατέρεσ προάγοντεσ ἐσ τὸ ἐμφανὲσ κατιστᾶσιν ἐκλέξασθαι τῷ νικήσαντι πάλην ἢ πὺξ ἢ δρόμον ἢ κατ̓ ἄλλην τινὰ ἀνδρηίην προκριθέντι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 17 4:1)
  • ὡσ ἂν αἱ παρθένοι γενοίατο γάμων ὡραῖαι, ταύτασ ὅκωσ συναγάγοιεν πάσασ, ἐσ ἓν χωρίον ἐσάγεσκον ἁλέασ, πέριξ δὲ αὐτὰσ ἵστατο ὅμιλοσ ἀνδρῶν, ἀνιστὰσ δὲ κατὰ μίαν ἑκάστην κῆρυξ πωλέεσκε, πρῶτα μὲν τὴν εὐειδεστάτην ἐκ πασέων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 196 2:4)
  • ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐγίνοντο γάμου ὡραῖαι, ἔδωκέ σφι δωρεὴν μεγαλοπρεπεστάτην ἐκείνῃσί τε ἐχαρίσατο· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 122 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. the summer season

  2. happening or done in season

  3. seasonable

  4. in the bloom of youth

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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