Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὥρασι

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὥρασι

Etym.: w(/ra

Sense

  1. in season, in good time

Examples

  • ἔλεγε δ’ ὁ μὴ ὡρ́ασι μὲν Δημόστρατοσ πλεῖν ἐσ Σικελίαν, ἡ γυνὴ δ’ ὀρχουμένη αἰαῖ Ἄδωνιν φησίν, ὁ δὲ Δημόστρατοσ ἔλεγεν ὁπλίτασ καταλέγειν Ζακυνθίων· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode2)
  • μὴ ὡρ́ασι μετὰ τῶν κακῶν ἵκοιθ’ ὁ τοὺσ θέρμουσ φαγών, ἐν τῷ προθύρῳ τὰ λέμμαθ’ ὁτιὴ κατέλιπε, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀπεπνίγη καταφαγών. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 452)

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

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