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

  • γυμνὸν σπείρειν, γυμνὸν δὲ βοωτεῖν, γυμνὸν δ’ ἀμάειν, εἴ χ’ ὡρ́ια πάντ’ ἐθέλῃσθα ἔργα κομίζεσθαι Δημήτεροσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 46:4)
  • τῆμοσ ἄρ’ ὑλοτομεῖν μεμνημένοσ ὡρ́ια ἔργα. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:4)
  • Ἀγεάνακτι πλόον διζημένῳ ἐσ Μυτιλήναν ὡρ́ια πάντα γένοιτο, καὶ εὔπλοξν ὁρ́μον ἵκοιτο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 32)
  • πὰρ μέν οἱ ὡρ́ια κεῖται, ὅσα δρυὸσ ἄκρα φέρονται, πὰρ δ’ ἁπαλοὶ κᾶποι πεφυλαγμένοι ἐν ταλαρίσκοισ ἀργυρέοισ, Συρίω δὲ μύρω χρύσει’ ἀλάβαστρα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 134)
  • καὶ γὰρ Τιμοκλέησ ὔμμιν, κόραι, αἰὲν ὁ καπεὺσ κάπων ἐκ τούτων ὡρ́ια δωροφορεῖ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3292)

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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