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

  • πλεῖστα νικάσαντά σε καὶ τελεταῖσ ὡρίαισ ἐν Παλλάδοσ εἶδον ἄφωνοί θ’ ὡσ ἕκασται φίλτατον παρθενικαὶ πόσιν ἢ υἱὸν εὔχοντ’, ὦ Τελεσίκρατεσ, ἔμμεν, ἐν Ὀλυμπίοισί τε καὶ βαθυκόλπου Γᾶσ ἀέθλοισ ἔν τε καὶ πᾶσιν ἐπιχωρίοισ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 9 29:1)

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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