ἄωρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ον, ([[ὥρα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[untimely]], [[unseasonable]], [[χειμών]], [[τύχαι]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]'' 496, ''Eu.''956 (lyr.); [[θάνατος]] E.''Or.''1030; [[τελευτή]] Antipho 3.1.2; ξυνουσίη Aret.''CD''1.4 (but ἄ. γάμος [[too late]], D.H.4.7); πένθος [[LXX]] ''Wi.'' 14.15; μετὰ μάχην ἱκετεύειν ἄωρον ἐδόκει J.''BJ''5.11.1; ἄ. θανεῖν E.''Alc.'' 168, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.79; <b class="b3">οἱ ἄωροι</b> those who [[die]] [[untimely]], Apollod.Com.4, cf. Philostr.''VA''6.4; especially of those dying [[unmarried]], PMag.Par.1.342, cf. 2725; in Epitaphs, ὤλετ' ἄ. ''IG''12.977: Sup. [[ἀωρώτατε]] (sic) ''Sammelb.'' 1420; <b class="b3">ἕνεκα χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι</b> [[unripe]] (for [[death]]), Metrod.52; ἀώροις περιπέσοιτο συμφοραῖς ''Epigr.Gr.''376 (Aezani): Comp. [[γήρως ἀωρότερα πράττειν]] = [[behave inappropriately in old age]], Plu.''Sull.''2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[unripe]], of fruit, Dsc.1.126, [[LXX]] ''Wi.''4.5; of fish, [[out of season]], opp. [[ὥριμος]], Nicom.Com.1.21: metaph., ἄωρος πρὸς γάμον Plu.''Lyc.''15; ἄ. [[ὥρα]] Id. Comp. Thes.Rom.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[without youthful freshness]], [[ugly]], Eup.69, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.3.14 (Sup.), Pl.''R.''574c. Adv. [[ἀώρως]] = [[inopportunely]], [[prematurely]] J.''AJ''4.8.19.<br /><br />(B), ον, of the [[πλεκτάνη|πλεκτάναι]] or [[polypus]]-like [[leg]]s of [[Scylla]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> τῆς ἦ τοι πόδες εἰσὶ δυώδεκα πάντες ἄωροι Od.12.89; one of the Sch. expld. it as <b class="b3">κρεμαστοί, ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰωρῶ</b>, but more prob. = [[ἄκωλος|ἄκωλοι]], as Sch.HQ, from Ion. [[ὤρη]] B.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἄωροι πόδες</b> [[forefeet]], οὐ τοὺς ἀώρους εἶπά σοι.. πόδας πρίασθαι; σὺ δὲ φέρεις ὀπισθίους Philem.145.<br /><br />(C), contr. [[ὦρος]], ὁ, [[sleep]], Sapph.57; <b class="b3">ἤλασ' ἄωρον</b> prob. for <b class="b3">ἤλασας ὦρον</b> in Call.''Fr.''150.