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ὁρίζω , Ion. οὐρ- Hdt. (v. infr.): fut.
A.ὁριῶArist.Cat.5b5, (δι-) Isoc. 4.174 : aor. “ὥρισαS.Ant.452, Pl.Lg.864e ; Ion. “οὔρισαHdt.3.142 : pf. “ὥρικαD.26.24, Arist.Mete.382a19 :—Med., fut. “-ιοῦμαιPl.Tht. 190e, Lg.737d: aor. “ὡρισάμηνId.Tht.148a, Epicr.11.18, etc.:—Pass., fut. “ὁρισθήσομαιPl.Tht.158d: aor. “ὡρίσθηνId.Chrm.171a: pf. “ὥρισμαιTh.1.71, Pl.Smp.182a, etc.; but in med. sense, E.Hec.801, D.31.5 : (ὅρος):—divide or separate from, as a border or boundary, c.acc. et dat., “ Νεῖλος τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζων τῇ ΛιβύῃHdt.2.16 : c. acc. et gen., S.Ph. 636 :—Pass., “θύρᾳ βαλανωτῇ ὡρισμένην ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνδρωνίτιδοςX.Oec. 9.5 ; or
b. with two accs. joined by καί, separate,[λίμνη] οὐρίζει τήν τε Σκυθικὴν καὶ τὴν Νευρίδα γῆνHdt.4.51, cf. 56,7.123, Arist.HA501b16, OGI335.112 (Pergam., ii B. C.), Lyc.1289, etc.; “ἐὰν . . κύκλος . . ὁρίζῃ τό τε ἀφανὲς καὶ τὸ φανερὸν ἡμισφαίριονAutol.Sph.4 : hence “ὁρίζων κύκλοςId.1.1 ; v. ὁρίζων.
3. pass between or through,διδύμους πέτραςE.Med.433 (lyr.).
4. part, divide,χειμὼν ἄλλοσ᾽ ἄλλον ὥρισενId.Hel.128 ; . τινὰ ἀπὸ . . banish one from . . , Id.Hec.941 (lyr.) :—Pass., ματρὸς ἐκ χερῶν . depart from . . , Id.Ion1459(lyr.), but very dub. in Ar.Ec.202; cf. ἐξορίζω (A) 11,111.
II. mark out by boundaries, mark out,βωμὸν ἱδρύσατο καὶ τέμενος περὶ αὐτὸν οὔρισεHdt.3.142, cf. 6.108, S.Tr.754, E.Hel.1670, IG12.76.54, 42(1).76.19 (Pass., Epid., ii B.C.), etc.; v. infr. IV. 1 : metaph., . τι ἔς τι limit one thing according to another, Th.3.82.
2. trace out as a boundary, πόρον (of 10 tracing out the Bosporus), A.Supp.546 (lyr.).
III. ordain, determine, lay down, αἶσα τόνδε σοὐρίζει (i.e. σοι ὁρίζει) “μόρονId.Ch.927 (σοι πορίζει M1, σ᾽ . M2) ; “ἡμῖν ὥρισεν σωτηρίανE.IT979 ; “ἐς τήνδε παῖδα ψῆφον ὥρισαν φόνουId.Hec.259 ; “ Δίκη . . ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ὥρισεν νόμουςS.Ant.452 ; “[τὸν χρόνον] νόμος .Pl.Lg.864e ; “ἀριθμὸς ὁρίζων τὸ πολὺ καὶ τὸ ὀλίγονX.An.7.7.36 ; “τὸ δοῦλον γένος πρὸς τὴν ἐλάσσω μοῖραν ὥρισεν θεόςE.Fr.218 ; “ὁρίσατέ μοι μέχρι πόσων ἐτῶν δεῖ νομίζειν νέουςX.Mem.1.2.35 : c. inf., “ἄνακτες ὥρισαν . . θανεῖν ἐμὴν δέσποιναν οὐ ψήφῳ μιᾷE.Ion 1222, cf. S.Fr.24 ; . τινὰ θεόν determine one to be a god, deify, AP12.158.7Mel.) ; “. θάνατον εἶναι τὴν ζημίανLycurg.65, cf. Din.1.61 (Med.) ; “θάνατον ὡρικέναι τὴν ζημίανD.26.24 :—Pass., “ὧραι ἑκάστοις εἰσὶν ὡρισμέναιArist.HA542a19, etc.; ἐπί τισι ὡρισμένοις on certain definite terms (cf. ῥητός), Id.Pol.1285b22 ; ἀρχαὶ ἀριθμῷ ὡρισμέναι limited, definite, opp. ἄπειροι, Id.Metaph.1002b18 ; “τόποι .Id.Cael.273 a14 ; “τὸ ὡρισμένονId.Mete.369b29.
2. define a thing, Pl.Chrm.171a (Pass.), X.Mem.4.6.4, al. : more freq. in Med. than Act., v. infr. IV. 3.
IV. Med., mark out for oneself, τίνα ὅρον ὁρίζῃ what criterion do you assign, Pl.Grg.470b ; στήλας . set up stones as boundary marks, X.An.7.5.13 ; “. χθόναtake possession of, take to oneself, A. Supp.256 ; “γαῖα . . ἣν Πέλοψ ὁρίζεταιE.Fr.696 ; “. ἑαυτῷ μέρος τῆς οὐσίαςLys.17.6 : with inf. added, “ἱερὸν ὡρίσαντ᾽ ἔχεινE.IT969 ; “ὁρίζεσθαι βωμούςset up, S.Tr.237 (just like ὁρίζειν ib.754) ; v. ὕπαστρος.
2. determine for oneself, get or have a thing determined, ὡρίσω σὺ δίκαιαD.19.241, cf. v.l. in Lys.2.19 : c. acc. et inf., αὐτὸν πολεμεῖν ὁρίζομαι I lay it down that . . , D.9.19 ; τί ποτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὡρίσαντο καὶ τίνος γένους εἶναι τὸ φυτόν; Epicr.11.18.
VI. as Att. law-term, δισχιλίων ὡρισμένος τὴν οἰκίαν having the house marked with ὅροι (cf. ὅρος II) to secure a claim on it for 2,000 drachmas, D.31.5 ; so “χωρίον ὡρισμένονPoll.9.9.
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