ὥρη
From LSJ
ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
French (Bailly abrégé)
2ion. c. ὥρα.
English (Autenrieth)
season, esp. the spring, Il. 2.468, Od. 9.51; and in pl., seasons of the year, Od. 10.469, Od. 2.107 ; Διὸς ὧραι, Od. 24.394; then the fitting, right time (like καιρός), δόρποιο, ὕπνου, γάμου, Od. 15.126; with inf., εὕδειν, Od. 11.373; πρὶν ὥρη (‘before 't is time’), ἐν ὥρῃ, εἰς ὥρᾶς, Od. 9.135.—Personified, Ὧραι, the Hours (Horae), door-keepers of Olympus and goddesses of the seasons, Il. 5.749 ff., Il. 8.393, 433.
