χόρτος, ὁ,
properly enclosed place (see. entry near the end), but always with collateral notion of a feeding-place: in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”] Refs 8th c.BC+], farmyard, in which the cattle were kept, αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτῳ [[ 11.774; αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτοισι 24.640. ] Refs]
__2 generally, any feeding-ground, pasturage, frequently in plural, χόρτοι λέοντος, of Nemea, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.44; χόρτοι εὔδενδροι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 134 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χόρτος οὐρανοῦ the expanse of heaven, poetical cited in [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II fodder, provender, especially for horses and cattle, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16 (of fish); θηρῶν ὀρείων χόρτον, οὐχ ἵππων λέγεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 495 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; grass, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 606, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 771, NT.1Cor.3.12; χ. κοῦφος ] NT+8th c.BC+]hay, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἐβλάστησεν, ἐξηράνθη, [[ NT.Matt.13.26, NT.1Pet.1.24; ἄνθος χόρτου NT.Jam.1.10: opposed to σῖτος (food for man), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.12 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; χόρτον ἔχει ἔπὶ τοῦ κέρατος as translation of the Latin proverb, foenum habet in cornu, of a dangerous ox, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 7. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.b green crop, [γῆ] ἐσπαρμένη χόρτῳ [[ “PTeb.” 27.72 (2nd c.BC), +others ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]