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

  • Ἔρωτεσ δέ τινεσ μειδιῶντεσ ὁ μὲν κατόπιν ἐφεστὼσ ἀπάγει τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τὴν καλύπτραν καὶ δείκνυσι τῷ νυμφίῳ τὴν Ῥωξάνην, ὁ δέ τισ μάλα δουλικῶσ ἀφαιρεῖ τὸ σανδάλιον ἐκ τοῦ ποδόσ, ὡσ κατακλίνοιτο ἤδη, ἄλλοσ τῆσ χλανίδοσ τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπειλημμένοσ, Ἔρωσ καὶ οὗτοσ, ἕλκει αὐτὸν πρὸσ τὴν Ῥωξάνην πάνυ βιαιωσ ἐπισπώμενοσ, ὁ βασιλεὺσ δὲ αὐτὸσ μὲν στέφανόν τινα ὀρέγει τῇ παιδί, πάροχοσ δὲ καὶ νυμφαγωγὸσ Ἡφαιστίων συμπάρεστι δᾷδα καιομένην ἔχων, μειρακίῳ πάνυ ὡραίῳ ἐπερειδόμενοσ, Ὑμέναιοσ οἶμαί ἐστιν· (Lucian, Herodotus 9:3)
  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ‐ ἐν ὡραίῳ γὰρ ἕσταμεν βίου ‐ θνῄσκειν ἕτοιμοσ πατρίδοσ ἐκλυτήριον. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 5:8)
  • τοιαῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐν ὡραίῳ σχήματι εἴρηκε περὶ τούτων, ὡσ ἂν ἐκ μετάλλου καὶ αὐτὸσ πολλῷ χρώμενοσ τῷ λόγῳ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 18:5)

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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