ὄρθριος, α, ον,
(ὄρθρος) at daybreak, in the morning, early, mostly with Verbs of motion, so as to agree with the person, ἀφίκετο.. ὄρθριος [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 143; ὀρθρίη αὖθις ἔσειμι 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 863 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὄρθριος παρεῖναι, ἥκειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 283, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313b; ἤλουν ὄρθριαι τὰ σιτία 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, of the morning, πόλτος [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὸν ὄ. νόμον the morning song, as parody of ὄρθιον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 741 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄρθριον ᾆσαι (i.e. ᾆσμα), of the cock, [[ [prev. author] “Av.” 489; δεῖ ὄρθριον εἶναι τὸν σύλλογον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 961b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὄ. as adverb, in the morning, early, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 1; or ὄρθριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 377, 526: irregular _comparative_ and _superlative_ ὀρθριαίτερος, -αίτατος, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus “Epim.” 166 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὀρθρίτερον as adverb, earlier, [[ “UPZ” 62.19 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1201.4 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]