the waning of φθῐν-όπωρον,τό, A. the waning of ὀπώρα(also calledμετόπωρονorthe season following ὀπώρα),autumn, Hdt. 4.42 , 9.117 , Hp. Aph. 1.18 , Th. 2.31 , Arist. HA 601b25 , al., PCair.Zen. 20.4
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the waning of φθῐν-όπωρον,τό, A. the waning of ὀπώρα(also calledμετόπωρονorthe season following ὀπώρα),autumn, Hdt. 4.42 , 9.117 , Hp. Aph. 1.18 , Th. 2.31 , Arist. HA 601b25 , al., PCair.Zen. 20.4
the part of the year between the rising of Sirius and of Arcturus ὀπώρ-α, Ion. ὀπώρ-η,ἡ: sts.ὁπώρα, cf.χεῖμα χὠπώραν,i.e.καὶ ὁπ-, Alcm. 76 (χειμάχωι πάραν,etc. codd.) ; pr. nn. A. Ὁπωρίς IG 5(1).
fruits grown on upper branches of trees ἀκρό-δρυα,τά, prop. A. fruits grown on upper branches of trees, esp.hard-shelled fruits, opp.ὀπώρα, Hp. Aff. 61 , Arist. HA 606b2 , cf. Gp. 10.74.2 , Ath. 2.52
unripe, ἀπέπειρος,ον, A. unripe, ὀπώρα AP 9.78 ( Leon. ).
waxen κήρῐνος,η,ον , ̔κηρός) A. waxen, Ar. Ec. 1035 , Archipp. 3 D. , Pl. Tht. 191c , 197d ;κηρίνα ὀπώρα, i.e.honey, Alcm. 75 . II. metaph.,pliable as wax, τοὺς θυμοὺς . . κηρίνους ποιεῖν Pl. Lg.
with white fruit, λευκο-όπωρος,ον, (ὀπώρα) A. with white fruit, AP 9.563 ( Leon. ).
autumnal, ὀπωρ-ιαῖος,α,ον, A. autumnal, τὰ ὀ., = ὀπώρα 11 ,fruit, Thphr. Ign. 41 .
of ὀπωρ-ινός,ή,όν, A. of ὀπώραorlate summer, ἀστέρ' ὀπωρινῷ ἐναλίγκιον,i. e. Sirius, the star whose rising marked the beginning of that season (v.ὀπώρα), Il. 5.5 ; ἦμαρ 16.385 ; βορέης 21.346 , O
become dark, turn dark περκ-άζω, (πέρκος A. = περκνός )become dark, turn dark, of grapes beginning to ripen, ὀπώρα ἄκραισι περκάζουσα οἰνάνθαις Chaerem. 12.2 ; ὅταν ἄρτι π. σταφυλή Thphr. HP 9.11
ripe, ὥρῐμ-ος,ον(alsoα,ον Leg.Gort.,v.infr.), A. = ὡραῖος ,ripe, καρπός Arist. Fr. 571 ;ὡρίμη κριθήSch. Ar. Eq. 1233 , Eust. 1446.29 ;βότρυες,opp.ὄμφακες, AP 9.316 ( Leon. ); ὀπώρα D.S. 17.67
dwelling in the fields ἄγροικος,ον, (ἀγρός, οἰκέω) A. dwelling in the fields,ζῶ̔α, opp.ὄρεια, Arist. HA 488b2 ; esp. of men,countryman, rustic, Ar. Nu. 47 ; in Attica,οἱ ἄ., = γεωμόροι (q. v.), Aris
gleaming γλαυκός,ή,όν, orig. without any notion of colour, A. gleaming(cf.γλαύσσω, γλαυσός), once in Hom. , γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα Il. 16.34 (henceγλαυκὴ δυσπέμφελος,=the sea, Hes. Th. 440 ): s
afternoon δείλη,ἡ, A. afternoon( δ. ἡμέρας τελευτή Pl. Def. 411b ), ἔσσεται ἢ ἠὼς ἢ δείλη ἢ μέσον ἦμαρ Il. 21.111 : divided intoearlyandlate(πρωί̈αandὀψία) , περὶ δείλην πρωί̈ην γενομένην Hdt. 8
soft, delicate τέρην,εινᾰ,εν, gen.τέρενος,είνης,ενος ; poet. fem. gen.τερένης, Dor. and Aeol. -ας, Alc. 61 , AP 9.430 ( Crin. ):—poet.Adj. A. soft, delicate, in Hom. mostly in neut., τέρεν δάκρυ Il
any period, ὥρα(C), Ion. ὥρη,ἡ: Ep. gen. pl.ὡράων, Ion. ὡρέων: loc. pl.ὥρασι,q.v. A. any period,fixed by natural laws and revolutions, whether of the year, month, or day (the sense 'day' is implie