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ὅρος , Corc. ὄρϝος IG9(1).698.1 (written
A.ὄρβος700.1); Cret. and Arg. ὦρος SIG685.59, Mnemos.42.332 ; Heracl. ὄρος Tab.Heracl.1.53, al., cf. ἄντορος; Ion. οὖρος GDI5518 and 5493b25, Democr.4, Hdt. (v. infr.) (also Theraean IG12(3).436); Megarian ὄρρος (?) Berl.Sitzb.1888.885, cf. ὁμορέω: :—boundary, landmark,ἀμφ᾽ οὔροισι δύ᾽ ἀνέρε δηριάασθονIl.12.421 ; “λίθον . . , τόν ῥ᾽ ἄνδρες πρότεροι θέσαν ἔμμεναι οὖρον ἀρούρης21.405 ; “ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων ὥσπερ ἐν μεταιχμίῳ . κατέστηνSol. ap. Arist.Ath.12.5 : the regions separated by the boundary are usu. in gen., “οὖρος τῆς Μηδικῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῆς ΛυδικῆςHdt.1.72, etc.: in dat., “οὐδεὶς ὅρος ἐκ θεῶν χρηστοῖς οὐδὲ κακοῖςE.HF669 (lyr.): with a single gen., “ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρονA.Pr.790 ; γάμου . the time within which one may marry, Pl.Lg.785b ; οἱ . τῶν διαστημάτων the notes which limit the intervals in the musical scale, Id.Phlb. 17d, cf. Aristox. Harm.pp.49,56 M. ; “ὅροι τρεῖς ἁρμονίας . . , νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσηςPl.R.443d ; ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ προτίθημι I set the limit of human life at seventy years, Hdt.1.32, cf. 74, 216; “ζωᾶς ὅρον ἡμετέραςB.5.144: abs., εἰς τὸν τόπον . . , ἐν οἷς ἂν . . ὅρους θῶνται τῶν ὠνίων wherever (they) appoint fixed places for trading, Pl.Lg.849e; decision of a magistrate, “ὅρον δώσωPThead.15.20 (iii A.D.); so “ὅρον προσγράψαιD.23.40 ; “ὅρους τοῖς βαρβάροις πήξαντεςLycurg.73 ; “εἷς ὅρος παγήσεταιTh.4.92 ; “τὸν ὅρον ὑπερβάντεςPl.R. 373d, etc.: also in pl., bounds, boundaries,ἐν οὔροισι χώρηςHdt.4.52, cf. 125; “τοὺς Αἰγυπτίων οὔρουςId.2.17; “ὑπὸ Κυλλάνας ὅροιςPi.O.6.77 ; “γῆς ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτοις ὅροιςA.Pr.666; “τὸ ἀκόντιον ἔξω τῶν . τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας . . ἐξενεχθὲν ἔτρωσεν αὐτόνAntipho 3.2.4 ; “ἐντὸς ὅρων ἩρακλείωνPl.Ti.25c.
2. metaph., “ὅροι θεσπεσίας ὁδοῦA.Ag.1154 (lyr.); θῆλυς . the boundary of a woman's mind, v. ἐπινέμω 11.3.
II. memorial stone or pillar, Hdt.1.93 : esp.
b. pillar (whether inscribed or not, cf. Harp.) set up on mortgaged property, to serve as a bond or register of the debt, Sol.36 ; “ὅπως . . ὅροι τεθεῖενIs.6.36 : with gen. of the amount, τίθησιν ὅρους ἐπὶ μὲν τὴν οἰκίαν δισχιλίων (sc. δραχμῶν), “ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ χωρίον ταλάντουD.31.1, cf. 25.69 ; “δανείζειν τοὺς ἱερέας . . ἐπὶ χωρίῳ . . καὶ ὅρον ἐφιστάναιIG22.1183.29, cf. D. 41.6, Thphr.Char.10.9 : specimens are IG12(7).412 (Amorgos), 22.2642,al.
c. boundary-stone marking the limits of temple-lands, . τοῦ ἱεροῦ ib.12.858, cf. 860,22.2597, al.; ὅρος: μὴ τοιχοδομεῖν ἐντὸς τῶν ὅρων ἰδιώτην ib.7.422 (Orop.), cf. 1785 (Thesp.), etc. ; . κρήνης, λεσχέων δημοσίων, ὁδοῦ, etc., ib.12.874,888,877, etc. ; similarly, . σήματος ib.903, al., 22.2568, al.; . μνημάτων ib.12.906; . μνήματος ib.22.2527, al.; . θήκης ib.2586, al.
IV. in Logic, term of a proposition (whether subject or predicate), Arist.APr.24b16, Cael.282a1, al. ; . μέσος the middle term, Id.EN1142b24, cf. APr. 25b33 sq. : hence,
b. definition,ἔστι . λόγος τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι σημαίνωνId.Top.101b39, cf. 139a24, al. ; defined as “ τοῦ ἰδίου ἀπόδοσιςChrysipp.Stoic.2.75 : in pl., title of pseudo-Platonic work.
c. premiss of a syllogism, . κατηγορικοί, στερητικοί, Arist.APr.29a21, cf. 31b33, al.
2. Math., term of a ratio or proportion, Archyt.2, Arist.EN1131b5 sqq., Euc.5Def.8, Nicom.Ar.1.8.
3. pl., terms, conditions,συνθέσθαι πρός τινα ἐπὶ ὅροις, ὥστε . . CPR19.8 (iv A.D.).
4. Astrol., οἱ τρεῖς . the three terms, used in various calculations, Vett. Val.304.1, al. (Spir. lenis in some dialects which have not lost spir. asper is inferred from absence of a sign for h in Corc. ὄρϝος, Arg.ὦρος, Heracl. ὄρος, cf. ἄντορος.
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