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Corc. ὄρϝος [[ “IG” 9(1).698.1] Refs] (written ὄρβος 700.1); Cretan dialect and argument ὦρος [[ “SIG” 685.59, “Mnemos.” 42.332; Heraclas Medicus ] Refs] ὄρος [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 1.53, +others, compare ἄντορος] Refs]; Ionic dialect οὖρος [[ “GDI” 5518 and 5493b25, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below) (also Theraean “IG” 12(3).436)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Megarian ὄρρος (?) [[ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1888.885, compare ὁμορέω] Refs]: ὁ:—boundary, landmark, ἀμφ᾽ οὔροισι δύ᾽ ἀνέρε δηριάασθον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.421; λίθον.., τόν ῥ᾽ ἄνδρες πρότεροι θέσαν ἔμμεναι οὖρον ἀρούρης 21.405; ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων ὥσπερ ἐν μεταιχμίῳ ὅ. κατέστην 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 12.5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: the regions separated by the boundary are usually in genitive, οὖρος τῆς Μηδικῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῆς Λυδικῆς [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.72, etc.: in _dative_, οὐδεὶς ὅρος ἐκ θεῶν χρηστοῖς οὐδὲ κακοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 669 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a single genitive, ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 790 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γάμου ὅ. the time within which one may marry, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 785b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ὅ. τῶν διαστημάτων the notes which limit the intervals in the musical scale, [[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 17d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” pp.49,56 M.; ὅροι τρεῖς ἁρμονίας.., νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ προτίθημι I set the limit of human life at seventy years, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, compare 74, 216; ζωᾶς ὅρον ἡμετέρας 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.144: _absolutely_, εἰς τὸν τόπον.., ἐν οἷς ἂν.. ὅρους θῶνται τῶν ὠνίων wherever (they)] Refs 5th c.BC+] appoint fixed places for trading, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 849e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; decision of a magistrate, ὅρον δώσω [[ “PThead.” 15.20 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; so ὅρον προσγράψαι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.40; ὅρους τοῖς βαρβάροις πήξαντες 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 73; εἷς ὅρος παγήσεται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92; τὸν ὅρον ὑπερβάντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, bounds, boundaries, ἐν οὔροισι χώρης [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.52, compare 125; τοὺς Αἰγυπτίων οὔρους [prev. author] 2.17; ὑπὸ Κυλλάνας ὅροις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.77; γῆς ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτοις ὅροις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 666; τὸ ἀκόντιον ἔξω τῶν ὅ. τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας.. ἐξενεχθὲν ἔτρωσεν αὐτόν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.4; ἐντὸς ὅρων Ἡρακλείων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 metaphorically, ὅροι θεσπεσίας ὁδοῦ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1154 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; θῆλυς ὅ. the boundary of a woman's mind, see at {ἐπινέμω} [[ II.3. ] Refs]
__II memorial stone or pillar, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93: especially ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b pillar (whether inscribed or not,[[compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+] set up on mortgaged property, to serve as a bond or register of the debt, [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 36; ὅπως.. ὅροι τεθεῖεν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.36: with _genitive_ of the amount, τίθησιν ὅρους ἐπὶ μὲν τὴν οἰκίαν δισχιλίων (i.e. δραχμῶν), ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ χωρίον ταλάντου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.1, compare 25.69; δανείζειν τοὺς ἱερέας.. ἐπὶ χωρίῳ.. καὶ ὅρον ἐφιστάναι “IG” 22.1183.29, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 10.9: specimens are “IG” 12(7).412 (from Amorgos), 22.2642, +others ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II.c boundary-stone marking the limits of temple-lands, ὅ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ [[[prev. work]12.858, compare 860,22.2597, +others; ὅρος· μὴ τοιχοδομεῖν ἐντὸς τῶν ὅρων ἰδιώτην [prev. work]7.422 (Orop.), compare 1785 (Thesp.), etc.; ὅ. κρήνης, λεσχέων δημοσίων, ὁδοῦ, etc., [prev. work]12.874,888,877, etc.; similarly, ὅ. σήματος [prev. work]903, +others, 22.2568, +others; ὅ. μνημάτων [prev. work]12.906; ὅ. μνήματος [prev. work]22.2527, +others; ὅ. θήκης [prev. work]2586, +others ] Refs]
__III standard, measure, ἢν δ᾽ ἄγαν δοκῶ χρονίζειν.. Answ. τοῦδ᾽ ὅ. τίς ἐστί μο; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1219; ὅροι τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ κανόνες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rule, canon, εἷς ὅρος, μία βροτοῖσίν ἐστιν εὐτυχίας ὁδός [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 7; ὅρον πολιτείας ὁλιγαρχικῆς ταξάμενοι πλῆθος χρημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 551a; ἀριστοκρατίας ὅρος ἀρετή, ὀλιγαρχίας πλοῦτος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1294a10; ὁμολογίᾳ θέμενοι ὅρον, εἰς τοῦτο ἀποβλέποντες καὶ ἀναφέροντες τὴν σκέψιν ποιώμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 237d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, end, aim, ἕν᾽ ὅ. θέμενος παντὶ τρόπῳ μ᾽ ἀνελεῖν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.105. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV in Logic, term of a proposition (whether subject or predicate), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 24b16, “Cael.” 282a1, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅ. μέσος the middle term, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1142b24, compare “APr.” 25b33f: hence, ] Refs]
__IV.b definition, ἔστι ὅ. λόγος ὁ τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι σημαίνων [[ [prev. author] “Top.” 101b39, compare 139a24, +others ] Refs]; defined as ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου ἀπόδοσις [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.75: in _plural_, title of pseudo-Platonic work. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV.c premiss of a syllogism, ὅ. κατηγορικοί, στερητικοί, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 29a21, compare 31b33, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 in Mathematics texts, term of a ratio or proportion, [[ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1131b5 ff., 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 5 “Def.” 8, 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.3 plural, terms, conditions, συνθέσθαι πρός τινα ἐπὶ ὅροις, ὥστε.. [[ “CPR” 19.8 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__IV.4 Astrology texts, οἱ τρεῖς ὅ. the three terms, used in various calculations, Vett. Val.[[ 304.1, +others (Spir. lenis in some dialects which have not lost spir. asper is inferred from absence of a sign for ] Refs]h in Corc. ὄρϝος, argument ὦρος, [[ Heraclas Medicus ὄρος, compare ἄντορος.) ] Refs]
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