ὁρισμός
βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόν → once limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A marking out by boundaries, limitation, οἱ ὁ. τῶν κτήσεων D.H.2.74 ; ἀκριβὴς . . οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ., ἕως τίνος . . Arist.EN 1159a4 ; ὁ. τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι Hyp.Epit.41 ; boundary, καρπῶν BGU599.3 (ii A.D.), cf. PAmh.2.97.11(ii A.D.). II the definition of a thing, freq. in Arist., AP0.91a1, Top.139a26, Metaph.1031a1,al. III wager, Plu.Alex.6, TG14. IV decree, LXXDa.6.12(13). V vow, ib.Nu.30.3,al., cf. Ph.1.77.
German (Pape)
[Seite 378] ὁ, das Begränzen, die Begränzung, bes. eines Begriffes, Definition, Arist. rhet. 2, 8 u. öfter; Rhett.; Plut. Tib. Graech. 14 u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὁρισμός: -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ δι’ ὁρίων σημείωσις, οἱ ὁρ. τῶν κτήσεων Διον Ἁλ. 2. 74˙ ἀκριβὴς ... οὐκ ἔστιν ὁρ., ἕως τίνος …, Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 8. 7, 5. ΙΙ. ὁ ὁρισμὸς λέξεώς τινος, συχν. παρ’ Ἀριστ., Ἀναλυτ. Ὕστ. 2. 3, 3, Τοπ. 6. 1, Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 6. 5, 7, κ. ἀλλ.