ὥρη

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Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)

Source

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.