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Gloss produced at the right season
ὡραῖος,α,ον,
A. produced at the right season(ὥρα),seasonable, timely: esp. of the fruits of the earth,βίοςorβίοτος ὡ.store offruits gathered in due season,
Hes. Op. 32 , 307 ;ὡ. καρποίthe fruitsof the season, καρποὺς . . κατατίθεσθαι ὡραίουςto store them upin season,
Hdt. 1.202 : freq. in neut.,ὡραῖα,τά,
Th. 1.120 , 3.58 , X. An. 5.3.9 , Pl. Lg. 845e ; ἑραίως τὰ ὡραῖα ἀποδιδόναι
Hp. Aph. 3.8
;ὡραῖα . . ἀποτελεῖν ἱεράto renderfruits of the seasonas sacred offerings, Pl. Criti. 116c , cf. Orac. ap. D. 21.52 ; τρωκτὰ ὡ.
X. An. 5.3.12
; ἄνθεα
AP 9.564
(Nicias); σῦκα
Aret. CD 1.3
; also of animals, ὡ. ἄρνες yearling,
AP 6.157
Close Browse lexicon entries ( Theodorid. ); of tunnies at a year old (from six months to one year they were calledπηλαμύδες) , πηλαμὺς . . ὡραία θέρους τῷ Βοσπορίτῃ
;ὡ. θύννοιPs.- Hes. ap. Ath. 3.116b , cf. Hices.ib. 116e , Archestr. Fr. 38.9 , Plaut. Capt. 851 ;τάριχος ὡ.fishsaltedorpickled in the season,
Alex. 186.5 ; ἰχθύες ἐς τάγηνον ὡ.
;σαργάναι ὡ. pickling-tubs, Poll. 7.27 : hence generally, agriculturalproduce,
εἶναι ἐνεχυρασίαν Αἰξωνεῦσιν ἐκ τῶν ὡ. τῶν ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου
= τὰ καταμήνια , esp. at their first appearance, Hp. Superf. 34 .
3. Subst. ἡ ὡραία(in full, ὥρη ἡ ὡραίη
B. , etc.),harvest-time,esp. the twenty days before and twenty days after the rising of the dog-star,μίμνει ἐς ὡραίηνtillharvest-time,
b. thecampaigning-season,during which the troops kept the field, D. 9.48 , 56.30 , Plb. 3.16.7 .
c. τὴν μὲν ὡραίην οὐκ ὕειit does not rainin the season(sc. of rain), Hdt. 4.28 .
II. happeningordone in due season, seasonable, ἄροτος, ἔργον,
Hes. Op. 617.642 ;πλόοςib. 630 ; χειμῶνες
;σκαπάνηib. 3.16.1 ; τομὴ [καλάμου]
;ὅτε ὡραῖον εἴηwhenthe weather permitted,
2. metaph., (ὥρα(C) B)seasonable, due, proper, ὡραίων τυχεῖν,
= νομίμων τυχεῖν (cf.ὥριος(A). 111.2 ), E. Supp. 175 :ἐν ὡραί[ᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ]dub. in SIG 668.4 (Delphi,ii B. C.);ἐνιαύτια ὡ.ib. 1025.37 (Cos,iv/iii B. C.), cf. Hsch.
III. of persons,seasonableorripefor a thing, c.gen., ἀνδρὸς ὡραίη
, cf. Lys. Fr. 4 ;γάμωνorγάμου ὡραῖαι,
Hdt. 1.196 , 6.122 , cf. X. Cyr. 4.6.9 ; ἐς ἥβην ὡραίαν γάμων
(ὡραίωνcodd.); ὅστις οὐκέθ' ὡραῖος γαμεῖ
;ὡ. γάμος seasonablemarriage, A. Fr. 55 ; also of old persons,ripeorready for death,
; αὐτὸς δ', ἐν ὠ. γὰρ ἕσταμεν βίῳ, θνῄσκειν ἕτοιμος
2. in reference to age,in the prime of life, youthful,
Hes. Op. 695 : hencein the bloom of youth,opp.ἄωρος,
X. Smp. 8.21 , Pl. R. 574c ; ὡ. ἐὼν καὶ καλός
(anap.), cf. Ra. 291 , 514 ; παῖς ὡραῖος
: but not necessarily implying beauty, τοῖς τῶν ὡραίων προσώποις, καλῶν δὲ μή
3. generally, of things,beautiful, graceful,
LXX Ge. 3.6 , 2 Ch. 36.19 , Ev.Matt. 23.27 ; ἡ ὡ. πύλη τοῦ ἱεροῦ
References Hes. Op. 32 307 Hdt. 1.202 Th. 1.120 3.58 X. An. 5.3.9 Pl. Lg. 845e Hp. Aph. 3.8 Pl. Criti. 116c D. 21.52 X. An. 5.3.12 AP 9.564 Aret. CD 1.3 AP 6.157 Theodorid. S. Fr. 503 Hes. Ath. 3.116b 116e Archestr. Fr. 38.9 Plaut. Capt. 851 Alex. 186.5 Babr. 6.4 Poll. 7.27 IG 22.2492.8 Hp. Superf. 34 Aret. SD 1.4 Phryn. PS p.128 B. A.R. 3.1390 D. 9.48 56.30 Plb. 3.16.7 Hdt. 4.28 Hes. Op. 617.642 630 Thphr. HP 4.14.1 Id. CP 2.2.1 3.16.1 Id. HP 4.11.4 App. Pun. 120 111.2 E. Supp. 175 SIG 668.4 1025.37 Hsch. Hdt. 1.107 Lys. Fr. 4 Hdt. 1.196 6.122 X. Cyr. 4.6.9 E. Hel. 12 Id. Fr. 804 A. Fr. 55 E. Alc. 516 Id. Ph. 968 X. Ages. 10.3 Ar. V. 1365 Plu. 2.178e Thphr. HP 5.1.1 Hes. Op. 695 X. Smp. 8.21 Pl. R. 574c Pi. O. 9.94 Ar. Ach. 1148 Ra. 291 514 Id. Av. 138 Pl. R. 601b Arist. Rh. 1406b37 B. 11 LXX Ge. 3.6 2 Ch. 36.19 Ev.Matt. 23.27 Act.Ap. 3.10 3.2 Epich. 186d Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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