__III.2 define a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 171a (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.4, +others: more frequently in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]middle than active,[[ see infr. IV. 3. ] Refs]
__IV middle, mark out for oneself, τίνα ὅρον ὁρίζῃ what criterion do you assign, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 470b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στήλας ὁ. set up stones as boundary marks, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.13; ὁ. χθόνα ] Refs 5th c.BC+]take possession of, take to oneself, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 256; γαῖα.. ἣν Πέλοψ ὁρίζεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696; ὁ. ἑαυτῷ μέρος τῆς οὐσίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 17.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive added, ἱερὸν ὡρίσαντ᾽ ἔχειν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 969; ὁρίζεσθαι βωμούς ] Refs 5th c.BC+]set up, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 237 (just like{ὁρίζειν} [prev. work] 754) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {ὕπαστρος}.
__IV.2 determine for oneself, get or have a thing determined, ἃ ὡρίσω σὺ δίκαια [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.241, compare variant in 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.19: with _accusative_ et ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, αὐτὸν πολεμεῖν ὁρίζομαι I lay it down that.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί ποτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὡρίσαντο καὶ τίνος γένους εἶναι τὸ φυτό; [[ 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.3 define a thing, τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀγαθὸν ὁ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 505c, compare “Sph.” 246b; ὁ. τὰς ἀρετὰς ἀπαθείας τινάς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104b24, +others; ἡδονῇ τε καὶ ἀγαθῷ ὁ. τὸ καλόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 475a; τὸ ζῆν ὁ. δυνάμει αἰσθήσεως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1170a16, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, ὁ. δικαίους εἶναι τοὺς εἰδότας κτλ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be defined, [ἡ αἰδὼς] ὁρίζεται φόβος τις ἀδοξίας [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1128b11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἷς αἱ φιλίαι ὁρίζονται[[ [prev. work] 1166a2; τὸ ὁριζόμενον [prev. author] “Top.” 141b24, +others ] Refs]
__VI as Attic dialect law-term, δισχιλίων ὡρισμένος τὴν οἰκίαν having the house marked with ὅροι (compare ὅρος II) to secure a claim on it for [[ 2, 000 drachmas, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.5; so χωρίον ὡρισμένον 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
