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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

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English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ,

   A Orion, Od.5.121, 11.310, 572, Telesarch. ap. S.E. M.1.262, Str.9.2.12, etc.    II the constellation named after him, Il.18.486,488, 22.29, Od.5.274, Hes.Op.598, 609, Arist. Mete.361b23, Pr.941b24.    III a fabulous Indian bird, Str.15.1.69, Ael.NA17.22, Nonn.D.26.202. [ῑ in Hom.; ῐ Att., E.Ion 1153, Cyc.213, v. Choerob. in Theod.1.272 H.: we also find Ὠᾰρίων in Corinn.2, Supp.2.77, Call.Dian.265, and in Pi.N.2.12 (v.l. ὀαρίωνα); Adj. Ὠαριώνειος, α, ον, φύσις Id.I.4(3).49(67); the Homeric Ὠρῑων arose by contraction of Ὠα- and metrical lengthening of ι.]

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ὠρίων: -ωνος, ὁ, εἷς τῶν Γιγάντων, περίφημος κυνηγὸς καὶ ὁ ὡραιότατος τῆς γενεᾶς τῶν Γιγάντων, οὗ ἠράσθη ἡ Ἠώς, ἀλλ’ ἡ Ἄρτεμις ἐφόνευσεν αὐτόν, Ὀδ. Ε. 121 κἑξ., Λ. 310· ― μετὰ θάνατον ἐθήρευεν ἐν τῷ κάτω κόσμῳ, Λ. 572 (εἰ καὶ τὸ τέλος τῆς ῥαψῳδίας ταύτης εἶναι πιθανῶς νεωτέρα προσθήκη)· κατὰ μεταγενεστέραν παράδοσιν ὁ Ἀσκληπιὸς ἠθέλησε νὰ ἐπαναγάγῃ αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ζωήν, Τελέσαρχος παρὰ Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 1. 262· ἐλογίζετο δὲ ὡς γεννηθεὶς ἐν Θήβαις, Στράβ. 404, κλπ. ΙΙ. λαμπρός τις ἀστερισμὸς οὗ ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ἄρχεται ἀμέσως μετὰ τὸ θερινὸν ἡλιοστάσιον, ἡ δὲ δύσις αὐτοῦ συνήθως συνοδεύεται ὑπὸ θυελλῶν, Ἰλ. Σ. 486 κἑξ., Χ. 29, Ὀδ. Ε, 274, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 596, 607 κἑξ, Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 2. 5, 4, Προβλ. 26. 13. ΙΙΙ. Ἰνδικόν τι πτηνόν, Αἰλ. περὶ Ζ. 17. 22. [ῑ παρ’ Ὁμ.· ῐ Ἀττικ., Εὐρ. Ἴων 1153, Κυκλ. 213, ἴδε Ἀν. Βεκ. 1433· εὑρίσκομεν δὲ καὶ τύπον Ὠαρίων παρὰ Καλλ. εἰς Ἄρτ. 265· καὶ Ὠαριώνειος παρὰ Πινδ. ἐν Ι. 4 (3). 84· ὅθεν ὁ Böckh. ἀποκατέστησεν Ὠαρίων ἐν Πινδ. Ν. 2. 19]

French (Bailly abrégé)

ωνος (ὁ) :
Orion, constellation.

English (Autenrieth)

Orīon, the mighty hunter, beloved of Eos, Od. 5.121. Slain by Artemis, he continues to follow the chase in the nether world, Od. 11.572, , Il. 18.486. He appears even in Homer as a constellation, Il. 18.488, Od. 5.274.