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|Definition=Corc. [[ὄρϝος]] ''IG''9(1).698.1 (written<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ὄρβος]] 700.1); Cret. and Arg. [[ὦρος]] ''SIG''685.59, ''Mnemos.''42.332; Heracl. [[ὄρος]] ''Tab.Heracl.''1.53, al., cf. [[ἄντορος]]; Ion. [[οὖρος]] ''GDI''5518 and 5493b25, Democr.4, Hdt. (v. infr.) (also Theraean ''IG''12(3).436); Megarian [[ὄρρος]] (?) ''Berl.Sitzb.''1888.885, cf. [[ὁμορέω]]: ὁ:—[[boundary]], [[landmark]], ἀμφ' οὔροισι δύ' ἀνέρε δηριάασθον Il.12.421; λίθον... τόν ῥ' ἄνδρες πρότεροι θέσαν ἔμμεναι οὖρον ἀρούρης 21.405; ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων ὥσπερ ἐν μεταιχμίῳ ὅ. κατέστην Sol. ap. Arist.''Ath.''12.5 : the regions separated by the [[boundary]] are usually in gen., οὖρος τῆς Μηδικῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῆς Λυδικῆς Hdt.1.72, etc.: in dat., οὐδεὶς ὅρος ἐκ θεῶν χρηστοῖς οὐδὲ κακοῖς E.''HF''669 (lyr.): with a single gen., ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρον A.''Pr.''790; γάμου ὅρος the [[time]] within which one may [[marry]], Pl.''Lg.''785b; οἱ ὅροι τῶν διαστημάτων the [[note]]s which [[limit]] the [[interval]]s in the [[musical]] [[scale]], Id.''Phlb.'' 17d, cf. Aristox. ''Harm.''pp.49,56 M.; ὅροι τρεῖς ἁρμονίας... νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης Pl.''R.''443d; ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ [[προτίθημι]] = I [[set]] the [[limit]] of [[human]] [[life]] at [[seventy]] [[year]]s, Hdt.1.32, cf. 74, 216; ζωᾶς ὅρον ἡμετέρας B.5.144: abs., εἰς τὸν τόπον... ἐν οἷς ἂν . . ὅρους θῶνται τῶν ὠνίων [[wherever]] (they) [[appoint]] [[fixed]] places for [[trading]], Pl.''Lg.''849e; [[decision]] of a [[magistrate]], ὅρον δώσω ''PThead.''15.20 (iii A.D.); so ὅρον προσγράψαι D.23.40; ὅρους τοῖς βαρβάροις πήξαντες Lycurg.73; εἷς ὅρος παγήσεται Th.4.92; τὸν ὅρον ὑπερβάντες Pl.''R.'' 373d, etc.: also in plural, [[bounds]], [[boundaries]], ἐν οὔροισι χώρης Hdt.4.52, cf. 125; τοὺς Αἰγυπτίων οὔρους Id.2.17; ὑπὸ Κυλλάνας ὅροις Pi.''O.''6.77; γῆς ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις ὅροις A.''Pr.''666; τὸ ἀκόντιον ἔξω τῶν ὅ. τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας . . ἐξενεχθὲν ἔτρωσεν αὐτόν Antipho 3.2.4; ἐντὸς ὅρων Ἡρακλείων Pl.''Ti.''25c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ὅροι θεσπεσίας ὁδοῦ A.''Ag.''1154 (lyr.); θῆλυς ὅρος the [[boundary]] of a [[woman]]'s [[mind]], v. [[ἐπινέμω]] ΙΙ.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[memorial]] [[stone]] or [[pillar]], Hdt.1.93 : esp.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[pillar]] (whether inscribed or not, cf. Harp.) [[set up on mortgaged property]], to [[serve]] as a [[bond]] or [[register]] of the [[debt]], Sol.36; ὅπως . . ὅροι τεθεῖεν Is.6.36 : with [[genitive]] of the [[amount]], τίθησιν ὅρους ἐπὶ μὲν τὴν οἰκίαν δισχιλίων (''[[sc.]]'' δραχμῶν), ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ χωρίον ταλάντου D.31.1, cf. 25.69; δανείζειν τοὺς ἱερέας . . ἐπὶ χωρίῳ . . καὶ ὅρον ἐφιστάναι ''IG''22.1183.29, cf. D. 41.6, Thphr.''Char.''10.9 : specimens are ''IG''12(7).412 (Amorgos), 22.2642,al.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[boundary stone]] [[mark]]ing the [[limit]]s of [[temple]]-[[land]]s, ὅ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ ib.12.858, cf. 860,22.2597, al.; ὅρος· μὴ [[τοιχοδομέω|τοιχοδομεῖν]] ἐντὸς τῶν ὅρων ἰδιώτην ib.7.422 (Orop.), cf. 1785 (Thesp.), etc.; ὅρος κρήνης, ὅρος λεσχέων δημοσίων, ὅρος ὁδοῦ, etc., ib.12.874,888,877, etc.; similarly, ὅρος σήματος ib.903, al., 22.2568, al.; ὅρος μνημάτων ib.12.906; ὅρος μνήματος ib.22.2527, al.; ὅρος θήκης ib.2586, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[standard]], [[measure]], ἢν δ' ἄγαν δοκῶ χρονίζειν . . Answ. τοῦδ' ὅ. τίς ἐστί μοι; E.''IT''1219; ὅροι τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ κανόνες D.18.296; [[rule]], [[canon]], εἷς ὅρος, μία βροτοῖσίν ἐστιν [[εὐτυχία]]ς [[ὁδός]] B.''Fr.''7; ὅρον [[πολιτεία]]ς ὁλιγαρχικῆς ταξάμενοι πλῆθος χρημάτων Pl.''R.''551a; [[ἀριστοκρατία]]ς ὅρος [[ἀρετή]], [[ὀλιγαρχία]]ς [[πλοῦτος]] Arist.''Pol.''1294a10; ὁμολογίᾳ θέμενοι ὅρον, εἰς τοῦτο ἀποβλέποντες καὶ ἀναφέροντες τὴν σκέψιν ποιώμεθα Pl.''Phdr.''237d: hence, [[end]], [[aim]], ἕν' ὅ. θέμενος παντὶ τρόπῳ μ' ἀνελεῖν D.21.105.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in Logic, [[term]] of a [[proposition]] (whether subject or predicate), Arist.''APr.''24b16, ''Cael.''282a1, al.; ὅρος [[μέσος]] = the [[middle]] [[term]], Id.''EN''1142b24, cf. ''APr.'' 25b33 sq. : hence,<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[definition]], ἔστι ὅ. [[λόγος]] ὁ τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι σημαίνων Id.''Top.''101b39, cf. 139a24, al.; defined as ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου [[ἀπόδοσις]] Chrysipp.Stoic.2.75 : in plural, title of pseudo-Platonic work.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[premiss]] of a [[syllogism]], ὅροι κατηγορικοί, ὅροι στερητικοί, Arist.''APr.''29a21, cf. 31b33, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Math., [[term]] of a [[ratio]] or [[proportion]], Archyt.2, Arist.''EN''1131b5 sqq., Euc.5''Def.''8, Nicom.''Ar.''1.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> pl., [[terms]], [[conditions]], συνθέσθαι πρός τινα ἐπὶ ὅροις, ὥστε . . ''CPR''19.8 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> Astrol., οἱ τρεῖς ὅροι the [[three]] [[term]]s, used in [[various]] [[calculation]]s, Vett. Val.304.1, al. (Spir. lenis in some dialects which have not lost spir. asper is inferred from absence of a sign for h in Corc. [[ὄρϝος]], Arg. [[ὦρος]], Heracl. [[ὄρος]], cf. [[ἄντορος]].)