Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὥριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὥριος ὥριᾱ ὥριον

Structure: ὡρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poet. for w(rai=os

Sense

  1. produced in season, the fruits of the season
  2. in due season, seasonable
  3. the season

Examples

  • πρωτογόνων δ’ ἐρίφων, ὁπότ’ ἂν κρύοσ ὡρ́ιον ἔλθῃ, δέρματα συρράπτειν νεύρῳ βοόσ, ὄφρ’ ἐπὶ νώτῳ ὑετοῦ ἀμφιβάλῃ ἀλέην· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 61:5)
  • εἰν ἑνὶ δὲ τρὺξ ὄξεοσ ἰκμάζουσα καὶ ὠμοτέρην ἐπὶ κόρσην ὡρ́ιον ἁλμαίην αμυσαι κεχρηόσι δαίτησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 11 2:2)
  • διάφορα δὲ μῆλα γίνεται ἐν Σιδοῦντι, κώμη δ’ ἐστὶν αὕτη Κορίνθου, ὡσ Εὐφορίων ἢ Ἀρχύτασ ἐν Γεράνῳ φησὶν ὡρ́ιον οἱᾶ́ τε μῆλον, ὅ τ’ ἀργιλώδεσιν ὄχθαισ πορφύρεον ἐλαχείῃ ἐνιτρέφεται Σιδόεντι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 22 2:1)
  • ὦ μακαριστὲ Κομάτα, τύ θην τάδε τερπνὰ πεπόνθεισ, καὶ τὺ κατεκλᾴσθησ ἐσ λάρνακα, καὶ τὺ μελισσᾶν κηρία φερβόμενοσ ἔτοσ ὡρ́ιον ἐξεπόνασασ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 39)
  • οὔρουσ μὴν ἴσασι φυτοσκάφοι οἱ πολύεργοι, ἐσ ληνοὺσ δ’ ἱκνεῦνται, ἐπὴν θέροσ ὡρ́ιον ἔλθῃ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 10)

Synonyms

  1. produced in season

  2. in due season

  3. the season

Related

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

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