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|Definition=(A), Ion. ὤρη, ἡ: (v. sub fin.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[care]], [[concern]], mostly c. gen. and usu. joined with some word expressing or implying negation, <b class="b3">ὤρη γάρ τ' ὀλίγη πέλεται νεικέων</b> little [[heed]] is there [[for]] strifes, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>30</span>; ἀνδρὸς ἀλωμένου οὐδεμἴ ὤρη <span class="bibl">Tyrt.10.11</span>; μηδεμίαν ὤρην ἔχειν ἁρπασθεισέων [γυναικῶν] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.155</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr. 1.27</span>; ὤρην ἐποιήσαντο οὐδεμίαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Herod.4.43</span>; ἤδη γὰρ ἔσχες ἐλπίδ' ἑς ἐμοῦ θεοὺς ὤραν τιν' ἕξειν; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>386</span>; ἔχω δέ τοι οὐδ' ὅσον ὤραν χείματος <span class="bibl">Theoc.9.20</span>; περὶ τῶν . . πλευρῶν οὐδεμίαν ὤ. ἔχεις <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.2</span>; ὑπὲρ τούτων οὐδ' ὀλίγην ἔθεντο ὤ. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>1.59</span>; τὰ θεῖα ἐν μηδεμιᾷ ὤ. τίθεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>106</span>; without a neg., <b class="b3">εἰ πατρὸς νέμοι τιν'</b> ὤραν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>57</span>; εἰ δεῖ τῆς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων σοφίας . . ὤραν τίθεσθαι <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span> 12.7</span>. Poet. word, used in Ion. and late Prose. (Hence <b class="b3">ὀλιγ-ωρία</b>, cf. Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>l.c.: prob. fr. [[Ϝώρα]], 'watching', cf. [[βῶροι]] (i. e. [[ϝῶροι]]) <b class="b3">· ὀφθαλμοί</b>, Hsch., and <b class="b3">ὁράω;</b> cf. [[οὖρος]](B).)</span>