ὁριστής
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A one who marks the boundaries : in pl., officers appointed to settle boundaries, public or private, IG12.94.7, Hyp.Eux.16, Tab.Heracl.1.2, al., Plu.TG21 ; the chief being called γαμέτρας (γεωμέτρης), Tab.Heracl.1.187, cf. Poll.9.9, AB287. II one who determines, δικαίων D.15.29, cf. Hermog. Stat.8, Plot.5.1.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 378] ὁ, der Begränzende, Gränzbestimmer, übh. der Etwas festsetzt, τῶν Ἑλλήνων δικαίων οἱ κρατοῦντες ὁρισταὶ τοῖς ἥττοσι γίγνονται, Dem. 15, 29; Sp. Nach B. A. 287 eine eigene ἀρχή, ἥτις ἀφώριζε τὰ ἴδια καὶ τὰ δημόσια οἰκοδομήματα πρὸς τὰ οἰκεῖα ἑκάστου μέτρα.
