A.mark off by boundaries, “ἐξελόντας [τὸ ὄρος] τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἀφορίσαντας” Hyp.Eux.16; οὐσία ἀφωρισμένη property marked out by boundary-pillars, D.49.61:—Med., mark off for oneself, appropriate to oneself, “χώραν ὅτι πλείστην” Isoc.5.120: metaph., “ἀ. τιμάς” E.Alc.31: —Pass., “ἡ ὑπό τινος ἀφορισθεῖσα χώρα” Isoc.4.36.
2. determine, define, Id.Sph.240c:—also Med., “περὶ φύσεως ἀφοριζόμενοι” Epicr.11.13:— Pass., χρόνος ἀφωρισμένος a determinate time, Pl.Lg.785b; “ὅροι -ισμένοι” well-defined, Id.Criti.110d; “ἀφωρισμένα” definite cases, Arist. Rh.1354b8: part. “ἀφορίσας” definitely, D.25.29.
3. separate, distinguish, Antipho Soph.Oxy.1364.290 (Pass.); exclude, Pl.R.501d, al., “ἀ. χωρίς” Arist.Pol.1331a27; “ἀ. τί τινος” Pl.Hp.Ma.298d; “ἱππέων ἕδρας ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων” D.C.36.42:—Med., Pl.Lg.644a, Chrm.173e; “τι ἀπό τινος” Id.Sph.227c:—Pass., “ἀφορίζεσθαι ἀπό τινος” Id.Smp.205c: abs., ἀγνοίας ἀφωρισμένον εἶδος distinct species, Id.Sph.229c; “ἐπιστήμη ἀφωρισμένη” Arist.Rh.1354a3.
II. c. acc. pers.,
2. separate, Act.Ap.19.9, etc.:—Pass., “ἱερέων γένος ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων-ισμένον” Pl.Ti.24a; ἐκ τινῶν ἀφωρισμένων from a definite class of persons, Arist.Pol.1292b4; ἀφωρισμένος τέχνην having a definite art assigned one, Pl.Sph.231e.
b. set apart for rejection, cast out, excommunicate, Ev.Luc.6.22.
d. Pass., “ἀρχὴ ἀφωρισμένη πρὸς τὰς θυσίας” Arist.Pol.1322b26; of a treatise, to be devoted to, c. dat., Olymp. in Mete.9.15.