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ὁρίζω also used in mid. sense ὅρος

I.to divide or separate from, as a boundary, c. acc. et gen., Νεῖλος τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζει τῆς Λιβύης Hdt.:—with two accs. joined by καί, to separate, be a boundary between, Τύρης ποταμὸς οὐρίζει τήν τε Σκυθικὴν καὶ τὴν Νευρίδα γῆν id=Hdt.
2.to bound, Thuc., Xen.:—Pass. to be bounded, Eur.; metaph., ὡρίσθω μέχρι τοῦδε so far let it go and no further, Thuc.
3.to pass between or through, διδύμους πέτρας Eur.
4.to part and drive away, banish, id=Eur.:—Pass. to depart from id=Eur.
II.to mark out by boundaries, mark out, Hdt., Soph.; so, ὁρ. θεόν to mark out his sanctuary, Eur.
III.to limit, determine, appoint, lay down, Trag., Xen.:—so, c. inf. to appoint, order, Eur.:—so, θάνατον ὥρισε τὴν ζημίαν determined the penalty to be death, Dem.:—Pass., perf. part. ὡρισμένος determinate, definite, Arist.
2.to define a word, mostly in Mid., Xen., etc.
IV.Mid. to mark out for oneself, take possession of, Aesch., Eur.: —ὁρίζεσθαι βωμούς, στήλας to set them up, Soph., Xen.
2.to determine for oneself, to get a thing determined, Dem.
3.to define a word, Plat.;— c. acc. et inf., Xen., etc.
V.intr. to border upon, Hdt.
VI.as attic law-term, δισχιλίων ὡρισμένος τὴν οἰκίαν having the house marked with ὅροι (cf. ὅρος II), i. e. mortgaged to the amount of 2000 drachms, Dem.

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