ἀφορ-ίζω,
mark off by boundaries, ἐξελόντας [τὸ ὄρος] τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἀφορίσαντας[[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 16] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐσία ἀφωρισμένη property marked out by boundary-pillars, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.61] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, mark off for oneself, appropriate to oneself, χώραν ὅτι πλείστην[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.120: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τιμάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 31] Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, ἡ ὑπό τινος ἀφορισθεῖσα χώρα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b border on, τοὺς ὅρους -ίζοντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 110e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 determine, define, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 240c] Refs]:—also middle, περὶ φύσεως ἀφοριζόμενοι[[ 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.13:] Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, χρόνος ἀφωρισμένος a determinate time, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 785b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅροι -ισμένοι well-defined, [[ [prev. author] “Criti.” 110d] Refs]; ἀφωρισμένα definite cases, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354b8] Refs 4th c.BC+]: participle ἀφορίσας definitely, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 separate, distinguish, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista “Oxy.” 1364.290 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; exclude, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 501d, +others, ἀ. χωρίς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a27; ἀ. τί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 298d; ἱππέων ἕδρας ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 36.42] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 644a, “Chrm.” 173e; τι ἀπό τινος [prev. author] “Sph.” 227c] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀφορίζεσθαι ἀπό τινος[[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 205c: _absolutely_, ἀγνοίας ἀφωρισμένον εἶδος] Refs] distinct species, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 229c; ἐπιστήμη ἀφωρισμένη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]