ὀρεινός, ή, όν,
(ὄρος) mountainous, hilly, χώρη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110, compare 2.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πεδινός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πεδιάς, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.3.4; ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 351a3; ἡ ὀρεινή ] Refs 4th c.BC+]hill-country, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 556a4, +others ] Refs]
__II of or from the mountains, dwelling on the mountains, οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plants, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀ. his wild and mountain nature, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 394e: _metaphorically_, ὀ. ἱμάτιον, ={ἄκναπτον}, “Comica Adespota” 328. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in Egypt, belonging to the edge of the desert, especially as epithet of canals, [[ “PTeb.” 61 (b). 160, +others (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]