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|sltr=[[ὥρα]] ([[ὥρα]], -ας, -ᾳ, -α, -αι, -ᾶν, ὥραισι, -ας.) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> [[time]], [[hour]] [[ὥρα]] γὰρ συνάπτει (i. e. the [[limited]] [[time]]) (P. 4.247) τὰ μακρὰ δ' ἐξενέπειν ἐρύκει με τεθμὸς ὧραί τ ἐπειγόμεναι (N. 4.34) ὅν τε κάρυκες ὡρᾶν ἀνέγνον, σπονδοφόροι Κρονίδα Ζηνὸς Ἀλεῖοι (οἳ [[τὰς]] ὥρας καὶ τὸν καιρὸν [[τοῦ]] Ὀλυμπιακοῦ ἀγῶνος ἐκήρυσσον, καθ' ἃς ἐτελεῖτο Σ.) (I. 2.23) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> appointed [[time]] πρὸς Πιτάναν δὲ παρ' Εὐρώτα πόρον [[δεῖ]] [[σάμερον]] [[ἐλθεῖν]] ἐν ὥρᾳ (O. 6.28) “πρὶν ὥρας” (P. 4.43) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> [[youthful]] [[bloom]], youthfulness ἰδέᾳ τε καλὸν ὥρᾳ τε κεκραμένον (O. 10.104) ὦ παῖδες, ἐρατειναῖς ἐν εὐναῖς μαλθακᾶς ὥρας ἀπὸ καρπὸν δρέπεσθαι fr. 122. 8, cf. (N. 8.1) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> pro pers., s., Youthfulness [[ὥρα]] [[πότνια]], [[κάρυξ]] Ἀφροδίτας ἀμβροσιᾶν φιλοτάτων (N. 8.1) esp., pl., the Seasons, daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Themis]], Ζεῦ· τεαὶ γὰρ ὧραι ὑπὸ ποικιλοφόρμιγγος ἀοιδᾶς ἑλισσόμεναί μ' ἔπεμψαν (O. 4.1) πολλὰ δ' ἐν καρδίαις [[ἀνδρῶν]] [[ἔβαλον]] ὧραι πολυάνθεμοι ἀρχαῖα σοφίσμαθ (O. 13.17) “εὐθρόνοις ὥραισι καὶ Γαίᾳ” (as the [[foster]] mothers of Aristaios) (P. 9.60) ἁ δὲ (sc. [[Θέμις]]) [[τὰς]] χρυσάμπυκας ἀγλαοκάρπους τίκτεν ἀλαθέας ὥρας (Boeckh ex Hesych.: ἀγαθὰ σωτῆρας codd. Clem. Alex.) fr. 30. 6. ὁ παντελὴς Ἐνιαυτὸς ὧραί τε Θεμίγονοι (Pae. 1.6) φοινικοεάνων ὁπότ' οἰχθέντος ὡρᾶν θαλάμου εὔοδμον ἐπάγοισιν [[ἔαρ]] φυτὰ νεκτάρεα fr. 75. 14.

|mdlsjtxt=ὥρα, ιονιξ ὥρη, ἡ,<br />Lat. [[hora]]: any [[time]] or [[period]], [[whether]] of the [[year]], [[month]], or day (νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ Xen.): [[hence]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[part]] of the [[year]], a [[season]]; in plural the seasons, Od., Hes., etc.; περιτελλομέναις ὥραις Soph.; τῆς ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ Thuc.:—at [[first]] [[three]] seasons were [[distinguished]] — [[spring]], ἔαρος ὥρη, ὥρη εἰαρινή Hom.;— [[summer]], θέρεος ὥρη Hes.; ὥρα θερινή Xen.;— [[winter]], χείματος ὥρη Hes.; ὥρῃ χειμερίῃ Od.;—a [[fourth]], [[ὀπώρα]], [[first]] in [[Alcman]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> absol. the [[prime]] of the [[year]], springtime, ὅσα φύλλα γίγνεται ὥρῃ Hom.:—in historians, the [[part]] of the [[year]] [[available]] for war, the [[summer]]-[[season]], or (as we say) the [[season]], Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the [[year]] [[generally]], Hdt.; ἐν τῇ [[πέρυσιν]] ὥρᾳ [[last]] [[year]], Dem., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in plural the [[quarters]] of the heavens, the [[summer]] [[being]] taken as [[south]], [[winter]] as [[north]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[part]] of the day, αἱ ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρας the times of day, i. e. [[morning]], [[noon]], [[evening]], [[night]], Xen.; also, νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ in [[night]] [[time]], Hhymn.; ὀψὲ τῆς ὥρας [[late]] in the day, Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> day and [[night]] were prob. [[first]] divided [[into]] [[twenty]]-[[four]] hours by [[Hipparchus]] ([[about]] 150 B. C.): but the [[division]] of the [[natural]] day (from [[sunrise]] to [[sunset]]) [[into]] [[twelve]] parts is mentioned by Hdt. (2. 109).<br /><b class="num">III.</b> the [[time]] or [[season]] for a [[thing]], [[ὅταν]] ὥ. ἥκῃ Xen., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. gen. rei, ὥρη κοίτοιο, ὕπνου the [[time]] for [[sleep]], bed- [[time]], Od.; ὥρη δόρποιο Od.; καρπῶν ὧραι Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> ὥρα [ἐστίν], c. inf., 'tis [[time]] to do a [[thing]], ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν Od.; δοκεῖ οὐχ ὥρα [[εἶναι]] καθεύδειν Xen., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in adverb. usages, τὴν ὥρην at the [[right]] [[time]], Hdt., Xen.; but, τὴν ὥ. at that [[hour]], Hes.:— ἐν ὥρῃ in due [[time]], in [[good]] [[time]], Od., Ar.:—also, αἰεὶ ἐς ὥρας in [[successive]] seasons, Od.;— καθ' ὥραν Theocr.;— πρὸ τῆς ὥρας Xen.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> metaph. the [[prime]] of [[life]], [[youth]], [[early]] [[manhood]], ὥραν ἔχειν Aesch.; πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ Plat., etc.; φεῦ φεῦ τῆς ὥρασ! τοῦ κάλλουσ! ah! [[what]] [[youth]]! [[what]] [[beauty]]! Ar., etc.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> = τὰ ὡραῖα, the fruits of the [[year]], Xen.<br />B. in mythol. [[sense]], αἱ Ὧραι, the [[Hours]], keepers of [[heaven]]'s [[gate]], Il.; and ministers of the gods, Il.; [[three]] in [[number]], daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Themis]], Hes.; often [[therefore]] joined with the Χάριτες, Hhymn., Hes.