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ὥρα(C), Ion.
ὥρη,ἡ: Ep. gen. pl.ὡράων,
Ion.
ὡρέων: loc. pl.ὥρασι,q.v.
A. any period,fixed by natural laws and revolutions, whether of the year, month, or day (the sense 'day' is implied in the compd.ἑπτάωρος,q. v.), νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ
X. Mem. 4.7.4
, cf. E. Alc. 449 (lyr.), Pl. R. 527d ; τοῦ γνώμονος ἡ σκιὰ ἐπιοῦσα ἐπὶ τὰς γραμμὰς σημαίνει τὰς ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας
IG 12(8).240
(Samothrace): but specially,
I. in Hom. ,part of the year, season;mostly in pl., theseasons,
ὅτε τέτρατον ἦλθεν ἔτος καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι
Od. 2.107
, 19.152 ; ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο, ἂψ περιτελλομένου ἔτεος, καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι
11.295
Close Browse lexicon entries , 14.294 ; ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἐνιαυτὸς ἔην, περὶ δ' ἔτραπον ὧραι
, cf. Hes. Th. 58 ; Διὸς ὧραι
, cf. Pi. O. 4.2 ; ὁ κύκλος τῶν ὡρέων ἐς τὠυτὸ περιιών
, cf. 1.32 ; δυώδεκα μέρεα δασαμένους τῶν ὡρέων ἐς [τὸν ἐνιαυτόν]
;οὐ μεταλλάσσουσι αἱ ὧραιib. 77 ; περιτελλομέναις ὥραις
(lyr.);πάσαις ὥραιςat allseasons,
Id. Fr. 592.6 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 696 (anap.); ὧραι ἐτῶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῶν
, cf. Smp. 188a , etc.; τῆς . . ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ταύτης οὔσης, ἐν ᾗ ἀσθενοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι μάλιστα
Pl. Prt. 344d ; ἀ δ' ὤρα χαλέπα
X. Cyn. 7.1 , cf. 5.6 ;κατὰ τὰς ὥραςaccording to theseasons,
Arist. GA 786a31 ; οἱ περὶ τὴν ὥραν χρόνοι
.— Hom. and Hes. distinguish three seasons, and express each by the sg.ὥρη,with a word added to specify each:
, 16.643 , Od. 18.367 , etc.; so in Trag. and Att. ,ἦρος ὥραorὧραι,
Ar. Nu. 1008 (anap.), E. Cyc. 508 (lyr.); ὥρα νέα
, Hes. Op. 494 ;χειμῶνος ὥρᾳin winter, And. 1.137 ; χιονοβόλος
.— A. also names three seasons, Pr. 454s q.; an Egyptian division of the year, acc. to D.S. 1.26 .—A fourth first appears in Alcm. 76 ,θέρος καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ϝῆρ;and in Hp. Vict. 3.68 , χειμών, ἦρ, θέρος, φθινόπωρον; ὥρας φαίνομεν ἡμεῖς ἦρος χειμῶνος ὀπώρας
(anap.);τετράμορφοι ὧραιE(?). Fr. 943 (hex.): later, seven seasons are named, ἔαρ, θέρος, ὀπώρα, φθινόπωρον, σπορητός, χειμών, φυταλιά
2. esp.prime of the year, springtime,
ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ
, cf. Il. 2.468 ; παρὰ τὴν καθεστηκυῖαν ὥραν
b. in historians,the campaigning season,
τὸν τῆς ὥρας εἰς τὸν περίπλουν χρόνον
; esp. in the phraseὥρα ἔτους,
Th. 2.52 , 6.70 , Pl. Phdr. 229a , Lg. 952e , D. 50.23 , Thphr. CP 3.23.2 ;εἰς ἔτους ὥρανnextseason,
3. the yeargenerally, τῆς ὥρης μέσον θέρος
;ἐν τῇ πέρυσιν ὥρᾳlastyear,
D. 56.3 ;εἰς ὥραςnextyear,
Philem. 116 , Pl. Ep. 346c , LXX Ge. 18.10 , AP 11.17 ( Nicarch. ), cf. Plu. Ages. 22 ; also εἰς ἄλλας ὥρας hereafter,
(lyr.); ἐς τὰς ὥρας τὰς ἑτέρας
(lyr.); ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν εἰς τὰς ὥρας
(anap.);κἠς ὥρας κἤπειτα next yearand for ever, Theoc. 15.74 ; also ὥραις ἐξ ὡρᾶν
4. in pl., ofthe climateof a country,as determined by its seasons,
Hdt. 1.142 , cf. 149 , 4.199 (here perh. threeharvest seasons); τὰς ὥ. κάλλιστα κεκρημένας
; cf. Pl. Criti. 111e , Phd. 111b ;climatic conditions,
, 155 , 400 ;αἱ ὧ. τῆς ἡμέραςthetimesof day, i.e. morning, noon, evening, and night, X. Mem. 4.3.4 ;δι' ὥραν ἡμέραςbythe timeof day (fixed for meetings), D. Prooem. 49 , etc.; πᾶσαν ὥ. τῆς ἡμέρας
; μεσονυκτίοις ποθ' ὥραις
: withoutἡμέραςor νυκτός, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας μέχρι τρίτου μέρους ὥρας
; τῆς ὥρας μικρὸν πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου
;ψευσθεὶς τῆς ὥ.having mistaken thehour,
And. 1.38 ;ἐποίησαν ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν τὴν ὥραν,i.e. they prolonged thedaybeyond midnight, D. 54.26 ; τῆς ὥρας ἐγίγνετ' ὀψέ
(ii B. C.); πολλῆς ὥρας it being late,
;ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥραςtilllate in the day,
b. duration, intervalorlapse of time,
μετὰ ἱκανὴν ὥραν τοῦ κατενεχθῆναι τὸν πέλεκυν ἐξακούεται ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φωνή
;length of time, term, Ἄρτεμις ἐννέ' ἐτῶν δεκάδας βίον Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ ἔκχρησεν, τρεῖς δ' ὥραι(date.) ἔτι προσέθηκε Προνοίη
(Thera,ii B. C.);ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥ.for a longtime,
2. theνυχθήμερονwas prob. first divided into twenty-fourhoursby Hipparch. ,ἐν πόσαις ὥραις ἰσημεριναῖς(equinoctialhours) ἕκαστον τῶν ἄστρων ἢ δύνει ἢ ἀνατέλλει
, cf. Ptol. Alm. 3.9 , 4.9 , al.
b. in ordinary life the day from sunrise to sunset was divided into twelve equal parts calledὧραι(ὧραι καιρικαίwhen it was necessary to distinguish them from theὧραι ἰσημεριναί,
2 c), ἡμέρα ἡ . . δωδεκάωρος, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μέχρι δύσεως
; οὐχὶ δώδεκά εἰσιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρας;
( Paul.Sil. ); the time of day was commonly given without the Art., ὥρᾳ ᾱ
;ὀγδόης, ἐνάτης, δεκάτης ὥ.,
Id. Alex. 60 , Aem. 22 , Ant. 68 , etc.; but we haveπερὶ τὴν τρίτην ὥραν, περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην,
Ev.Matt. 20.3 , 6 , besideπερὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐννάτην ὥ.ib. 5 ;
, cf. IG 5(1).1390.109 (Andania,i B. C.), etc.;ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι . . αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ̄-to-morrow the 15t h at 9
(ii A. D.): prov.,δωδεκάτης ὥ.,as we say 'at the eleventhhour',
τὰ δυώδεκα μέρεα τῆς ἡμέρης παρὰ Βαβυλωνίων ἔμαθον οἱ Ἕλληνες
; hereἡμέρηmeans theνυχθήμερον,and theμέρεαwere each=
ὧραι ἰσημεριναί;thesedouble hours(Assyr.kaš-bu) are calledὧραιby Eudox. , ἥμισυ ζῳδίου . . , ὅ ἐστιν ὥρας ἥμισυ
, cf. 16.2 ; cf. δωδεκάωρος
III. Astrol.,degreeof the zodiac rising at the nativity (cf. ὡρονόμος
),ὥ. μεροποσπόρος, τεκνοσπόρος,
Man. 4.577 , 597 ;ἐξ ὥρης ἐσορῶν Ζεὺς ἙρμείηνJupiter in theascendantin aspect with Mercury, Id. 3.186 , cf. 32 , al.
B. the fitting timeorseasonfor a thing (mostly without Art., even in Att. ), freq. in Hom. (v. infr.); ὥρα συνάπτει
; but with Art., τῆς ὥ. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι
: freq. in later writers, τῆς ὥρας ἐπιγενομένης
2. c. gen. rei,ὥρη κοίτοιο, μύθων, ὕπνου, the timefor bed, tale-telling, or sleep, Od. 3.334 , 11.379 , cf. Hdt. 1.10 ; ὥρη δόρποιο
, X. HG 1.1.13 ; πολυηράτου ἐς γάμου ὥρην
; ἐς γάμου ὥρην ἀπικέσθαι
; soεἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἥκουσα timefor a husband, Pl. Criti. 113d ;ὥρη ἀρότου, ἀμήτου,
Hes. Op. 460 , 575 ; μέχρι ἀρότου ὥρης
(Oropus,iv B. C.); καρπῶν ὧραι
(anap.); ἡ ὥρα τῆς ὀχείας
;τοῦ φωλεύεινib. 579a26 , etc.; alsoὥραν εἶχον παιδεύεσθαιI was ofageto . . Is. 9.28 .
3. ὥρα [ἐστίν]c.inf.,it is timeto do a thing, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν
, cf. 373 ; so also in Trag. and Att. , E. Ph. 1584 , Heracl. 288 (anap.), Ar. Ec. 30 , Pl. Prt. 361e , 362a ; so δοκεῖ οὐχ ὥρα εἶναι καθεύδειν
, cf. HG 7.2.13 (dub. l.): c. acc. etinf., ὥρα δ' ἐμπόρους καθιέναι ἄγκυραν
, cf. S. OT 466 (lyr.): c. dat. etinf., X. Cyr. 4.5.1 , Pl. Tht. 145b : in these phrases theinf. pres.is almost universal; theaor., however, occurs in Od. 21.428 , S. Aj. 245 (lyr.), Ar. Ach. 393 (where alsoἐστίis added toὥρα,as in Philyll. 3 ,ἀφαιρεῖν ὥρα 'στὶν ἤδη τὰς τραπέζας); and thepf.in ὥρα πεπαῦσθαι
: sts. theinf.must be supplied, οὐδέ τί σε χρή, πρὶν ὥρη, καταλέχθαι
, cf. E. El. 112 (lyr.), Ar. Ec. 877 ;ὥρα κἠς οἶκον(i. e.ἰέναι εἰς οἶκον) Theoc. 15.147 .
4. in various adverb. usages, τὴν ὥρην at the right time,
, 8.19 , X. Oec. 20.16 : butτὴν ὥ. atthathour,
Hes. Sc. 401 ;ταύτην τὴν ὥραν atthisseason,
X. Cyn. 9.1 ; [ἡ ἶρις] πᾶσαν ὥραν γίγνεται τῆς ἡμέρας
; δείελον ὥρην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο
;ὥραν οὐδενὸς κοινὴν θεῶν at an hour. . , A. Eu. 109 , cf. E. Ba. 724 , Aeschin. 1.9 ;αὐτῆς ὥραςimmediately,PMich.in Class.Phil. 22.255
(iii A. D.);ἐν ὥρῃindue season,ingood time,
Od. 17.176 , Hdt. 1.31 , cf. Pi. O. 6.28 , Ar. V. 242 , etc.; alsoαἰεὶ εἰς ὥραςin successiveseasons,
Od. 9.135 ;ἐς τὰς ὥραςforall time,
Ar. Ra. 382 (lyr. cf. supr. A. 1.3 ) (hence in an acclamation[ε] ἰς ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν hurrahfor . . , POxy. 41.29
(iii/iv A. D.)); οἱ ὧδε χέζοντες εἰς ὥ. μὴ ἔλθοιεν
No. 406 , cf. ὥρασι; καθ' ὥραν
, Plb. 1.45.4 , cf. 3.93.6 , etc.; opp. παρ' ὥρην
( Alex.Aet. or Autom. ), cf. Plu. 2.784b , etc.:— πρὸ τῆς ὥρας
(Epid.,i A. D.); πρὶν ὥρας
II. metaph.,the spring-time of life, the bloom of youth,
, cf. Th. 13 , 535 ; παῖδας πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας
(anap.); πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ
= πρεσβύτερος , Id. Phdr. 240d ; ἐὰν ἐπὶ ὥρᾳ ᾖ
;παυσαμένου τῆς ὥ.prob. in Id. Phdr. 234a ; ἀνθεῖν ἐν ὥ.
; τὴν ὥ. διαφυλάξαι ἄβατον τοῖς πονηροῖς
Pl. Alc. 1.131e ; ἑς ἐπιγινόμενόν τι τέλος, οἷον τοῖς ἀκμαίοις ἡ ὥρα
2. freq. involving an idea ofbeauty,
φεῦ φεῦ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ κάλλους
(lyr.); ὥρᾳ . . ἡλικίας λαμπρός
; κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες
, cf. ib. 158 ; καλὸς ὥρᾳ τε κεκραμένος
, cf. X. Mem. 2.1.22 , Pl. Lg. 837b ; ἀφ' ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι quaestum corpore facere,
1.6.13 , Smp. 8.21 ; τὴν ὥ. πεπωληκότες
b. generally,beauty, grace, eleganceof style, D.H. Pomp. 2 , Plu. 2.874b , etc.; γλυκύτης καὶ ὥ.
S. , Him. Or. 1.2 ; ofbeautyin general, χάρις καὶ ὥρα
3. Ὥραpersonified, like Ἥβη , Pi. N. 8.1 .
= τὰ ὡραῖα , theproduce of the season, fruits of the year,
C. personified,Αἱὧραι,theHours,keepers of heaven's cloudgate, Il. 5.749 , 8.393 ; and ministers of the gods, ib. 433 ; Ζεῦ, τεαὶ . . Ὧραι
; esp. of Aphrodite, h.Hom. 6.5 , 12 ; alsoὯ. Διονυσιάδες, Καρνειάδες,
Simon. 148 , Call. Ap. 87 ; three in number, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, daughters of Zeus and Themis, Hes. Th. 901 ; Ωραι πολυάνθεμοι
, cf. Alex. 261.6 , Theoc. 1.150 , etc.: freq. joined with theΧάριτες,
h.Ap. 194 , Hes. Op. 75 ; worshipped at Athens, Paus. 9.35.1 ; at Argos, Id. 2.20.5 ; at Attaleia, BMus.Inscr. 1044
References X. Mem. 4.7.4 E. Alc. 449 Pl. R. 527d IG 12(8).240 Hom. Od. 2.107 19.152 11.295 14.294 10.469 Hes. Th. 58 Od. 24.344 Pi. O. 4.2 Hdt. 2.4 1.32 Id. 2.4 77 S. OT 156 Id. Fr. 592.6 Ar. Av. 696 Pl. Lg. 906c Smp. 188a Th. 7.47 Pl. Prt. 344d Alc. 39 X. Cyn. 7.1 5.6 Arist. GA 786a31 Id. Pol. 1335a37 Hes. Il. 6.148 2.471 16.643 Od. 18.367 Ar. Nu. 1008 E. Cyc. 508 Ar. Eq. 419 E. Ph. 786 2 Hes. Op. 584 664 X. Cyn. 9.20 Pl. Epin. 987a Hes. Op. 450 Od. 5.485 Hes. Op. 494 And. 1.137 Plu. 2.182e A. Pr. 454s D.S. 1.26 Alcm. 76 Hp. Vict. 3.68 Ar. Av. 709 Fr. 943 Gal. 17(1).17 Od. 9.51 Il. 2.468 Th. 4.6 X. HG 6.2.13 Th. 2.52 6.70 Pl. Phdr. 229a Lg. 952e D. 50.23 Thphr. CP 3.23.2 Plu. Per. 10 Hdt. 8.12 D. 56.3 Philem. 116 Pl. Ep. 346c LXX Ge. 18.10 AP 11.17 Nicarch. Plu. Ages. 22 E. IA 122 Ar. Nu. 562 Id. Th. 950 Theoc. 15.74 Isyll. 25 Hdt. 1.142 149 4.199 Id. 3.106 Pl. Criti. 111e Phd. 111b Hdt. 2.26 h.Merc. 67 155 400 X. Mem. 4.3.4 D. Prooem. 49 Arist. Mete. 371b31 Anacreont. 31.1 Pl. Lg. 784a X. HG 7.2.22 And. 1.38 D. 54.26 Id. 21.84 PTeb. 793 xi 12 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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