__C.I.4 in plural, of the climate of a country, as determined by its seasons, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142, compare 149, 4.199 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (here perhaps three harvest seasons); τὰς ὥ. κάλλιστα κεκρημένας [[ [prev. author] 3.106; compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111e, “Phd.” 111b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; climatic conditions, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II time of day, νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 67, 155, 400 ] Refs]; αἱ ὧ. τῆς ἡμέρας the times of day, i.e. morning, noon, evening, and night, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ὥραν ἡμέρας by the time of day (fixed for meetings), [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 49, etc.; πᾶσαν ὥ. τῆς ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 371b31; μεσονυκτίοις ποθ᾽ ὥραις “Anacreontea” 31.1: without ἡμέρας] Refs 4th c.BC+] or νυκτός, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας μέχρι τρίτου μέρους ὥρας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 784a; τῆς ὥρας μικρὸν πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψευσθεὶς τῆς ὥ. having mistaken the hour, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐποίησαν ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν τὴν ὥραν, i.e. they prolonged the day beyond midnight, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.26; τῆς ὥρας ἐγίγνετ᾽ ὀψέ [prev. author] 21.84; ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥ. “PTeb.” 793 xi 12 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλῆς ὥρας it being late, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.8.3; ἤδη ὥρα πολλή NT.Mark.6.35 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]; ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας till late in the day, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.54. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__C.II.b duration, interval or lapse of time, μετὰ ἱκανὴν ὥραν τοῦ κατενεχθῆναι τὸν πέλεκυν ἐξακούεται ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φωνή [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.69 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; length of time, term, Ἄρτεμις ἐννέ᾽ ἐτῶν δεκάδας βίον Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ ἔκχρησεν, τρεῖς δ᾽ ὥραι(date.) ἔτι προσέθηκε Προνοίη [[ “IG” 12(3).1350.3 (Thera, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥ. for a long time, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 8.4.4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__C.II.2 the νυχθήμερον was probably first divided into twenty-four hours by [[ 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus, ἐν πόσαις ὥραις ἰσημεριναῖς] Refs 2nd c.BC+] (equinoctial hours) ἕκαστον τῶν ἄστρων ἢ δύνει ἢ ἀνατέλλει [[ 2.4.5, compare 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 3.9, 4.9, +others ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__C.II.2.b in ordinary life the day from sunrise to sunset was divided into twelve equal parts called ὧραι (ὧραι καιρικαί when it was necessary to distinguish them from the ὧραι ἰσημεριναί, see at {καιρικός} 2 c), ἡμέρα ἡ.. δωδεκάωρος, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μέχρι δύσεως [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.182; οὐχὶ δώδεκά εἰσιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρα; NT.John.11.9; ὡράων ἀμφὶ δυωδεκάδι “Anthologia Graeca” 9.782 (6th c.AD: Paulus Silentiarius Epigrammaticus)] NT+2nd c.AD+]; the time of day was commonly given without the Article, ὥρᾳ ᾱ [[ “PHamb.” 1.96.3 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], τρίτης ὥρας [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 12 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὀγδόης, ἐνάτης, δεκάτης ὥ., [[ [prev. author] “Alex.” 60, “Aem.” 22, “Ant.” 68, etc.] Refs]; but we have περὶ τὴν τρίτην ὥραν, περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην, [[ NT.Matt.20.3, 6, beside περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐννάτην ὥ. [prev. work] 5; χθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην NT.John.4.52, compare “IG” 5(1).1390.109 (Andania, 1st c.BC), etc.] NT+1st c.BC+]; ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι.. αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ ¯ -to-morrow the 15th at 9 o'clock, [[ POxy. 110 (2nd c.AD): proverbial, δωδεκάτης ὥ.,] Refs 2nd c.AD+] as we say 'at the eleventh hour', [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 17. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__C.II.2.c τὰ δυώδεκα μέρεα τῆς ἡμέρης παρὰ Βαβυλωνίων ἔμαθον οἱ Ἕλληνες [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.109; here ἡμέρη means the νυχθήμερον, and the μέρεα were each = 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] ὧραι ἰσημερινα; these double hours (Assyr. kaš-bu) are called ὧραι by [[ 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus, ἥμισυ ζῳδίου.., ὅ ἐστιν ὥρας ἥμισυ “Ars” 14.11, compare 16.2; compare δωδεκάωρος 11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.III Astrology texts, degree of the zodiac rising at the nativity compare (ὡρονόμος [[ 11, ὡροσκόπος 11), ὥ. μεροποσπόρος, τεκνοσπόρος, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 4.577, 597 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἐξ ὥρης ἐσορῶν Ζεὺς Ἑρμείην Jupiter in the ascendant in aspect with Mercury, [[ [prev. author] 3.186, compare 32, +others ] Refs]
__B the fitting time or season for a thing (mostly without Article, even in Attic dialect), frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below); ὥρα συνάπτει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.247; ὧραι ἐπειγόμεναι [prev. author] “N.” 4.34; ὅταν ὥ. ἥκῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but with Article, τῆς ὥ. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι [[ [prev. author] “Cyn.” 8.6 ] Refs]: frequently in later writers, τῆς ὥρας ἐπιγενομένης [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.34.3, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.2 with genitive of things, ὥρη κοίτοιο, μύθων, ὕπνου, the time for bed, tale-telling, or sleep, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.334, 11.379, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; ὥρη δόρποιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.407; περὶ ἀρίστου ὥραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.13; πολυηράτου ἐς γάμου ὥρην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.126; ἐς γάμου ὥρην ἀπικέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; γάμων ἔχειν ὥραν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.32 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἥκουσα time for a husband, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥρη ἀρότου, ἀμήτου, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 460, 575; μέχρι ἀρότου ὥρης “IG” 7.235.3 (Oropus, 4th c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καρπῶν ὧραι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1034 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ ὥρα τῆς ὀχείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 509b20; τοῦ φωλεύειν [prev. work] 579a26, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὥραν εἶχον παιδεύεσθαι I was of age to.. [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.28. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.3 ὥρα [ἐστίν] with infinitive, it is time to do a thing, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.330, compare 373 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so also in Trag. and Attic dialect, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1584, “Heracl.” 288 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361e, 362a; so δοκεῖ οὐχ ὥρα εἶναι καθεύδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.11, compare “HG” 7.2.13 (uncertain reading)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, ὥρα δ᾽ ἐμπόρους καθιέναι ἄγκυραν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 466 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 145b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in these phrases the infinitive present is almost universal; the aorist, however, occurs in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.428, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 245 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 393 (where also ἐστί is added to ὥρα, as in 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 3, ἀφαιρεῖν ὥρα 'στὶν ἤδη τὰς τραπέζας)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; and the perfect in ὥρα πεπαῦσθαι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.728d ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: sometimes the infinitive must be supplied, οὐδέ τί σε χρή, πρὶν ὥρη, καταλέχθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.394, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 112 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 877 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὥρα κἠς οἶκον (i. e. ἰέναι εἰς οἶκον) [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.147. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.4 in various adverbial usages, τὴν ὥρην at the right time, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 8.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.16: but τὴν ὥ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] at that hour, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 401 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταύτην τὴν ὥραν at this season, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.1; [ἡ ἶρις] πᾶσαν ὥραν γίγνεται τῆς ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 371b31; δείελον ὥρην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.417 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥραν οὐδενὸς κοινὴν θεῶν at an hour.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 109, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 724, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτῆς ὥρας immediately, [[ “PMich.” in “Class.Phil.” 22.255(3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐν ὥρῃ in due season, in good time, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.176, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 242, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also αἰεὶ εἰς ὥρας in successive seasons, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.135 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς τὰς ὥρας for all time, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 382 (Lyric poetry compare above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.3) (hence in an acclamation [ε] ἰς ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν] Refs 5th c.BC+] hurrah for.., [[ “POxy.” 41.29 (3rd-4th c.AD))] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οἱ ὧδε χέζοντες εἰς ὥ. μὴ ἔλθοιεν [[ “Milet.” 2(3) No.406, compare ὥρασ; καθ᾽ ὥραν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.12, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.45.4, compare 3.93.6, etc.; opposed to παρ᾽ ὥρην “Anthologia Graeca” 7.534 (3rd c.BC: Alexander Aetolus Elegiacus or 1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.784b, etc.:— πρὸ τῆς ὥρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.16; πρὸ ὥρας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13; πρὸ ὥρας τελευτῆσαι “IG” 42(1).84.26 (Epid., 1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν ὥρας [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.43 (compare πρίν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III ={τὰ ὡραῖα}, the produce of the season, fruits of the year, ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐτρέφοντο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C personified, αἱὯραι, the Hours, keepers of heaven's cloudgate, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.749, 8.393 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; and ministers of the gods,[[[prev. work] 433; Ζεῦ, τεαὶ.. Ὧραι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of Aphrodite, [[ “Hymni Homerici” 6.5,12] Refs]; also Ὧ. Διονυσιάδες, Καρνειάδες, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 148, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 87 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; three in number, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, daughters of Zeus and Themis, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 901; Ωραι πολυάνθεμοι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.17, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.150, etc.: frequently joined with the Χάριτες, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 194, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 75 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; worshipped at Athens, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.35.1; at Argos, [prev. author] 2.20.5; at Attaleia, “BMus.Inscription” 1044 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
