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|Definition=Corc. ὄρϝος <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).698.1 (written <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὄρβος 700.1); Cret. and Arg. ὦρος <span class="title">SIG</span>685.59, <span class="title">Mnemos.</span>42.332 ; Heracl. ὄρος <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>1.53, al., cf. [[ἄντορος]]; Ion. οὖρος <span class="title">GDI</span>5518 and 5493b25, <span class="bibl">Democr.4</span>, Hdt. (v. infr.) (also Theraean <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).436); Megarian ὄρρος (?) <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1888.885, cf. [[ὁμορέω]]: ὁ:—[[boundary]], [[landmark]], ἀμφ' οὔροισι δύ' ἀνέρε δηριάασθον <span class="bibl">Il.12.421</span> ; λίθον... τόν ῥ' ἄνδρες πρότεροι θέσαν ἔμμεναι οὖρον ἀρούρης <span class="bibl">21.405</span> ; ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων ὥσπερ ἐν μεταιχμίῳ ὅ. κατέστην Sol. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>12.5</span> : the regions separated by the [[boundary]] are usu. in gen., οὖρος τῆς Μηδικῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῆς Λυδικῆς <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.72</span>, etc.: in dat., οὐδεὶς ὅρος ἐκ θεῶν χρηστοῖς οὐδὲ κακοῖς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>669</span> (lyr.): with a single gen., ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>790</span> ; <b class="b3">γάμου ὅ</b>. [[the time within which]] one may marry, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>785b</span> ; <b class="b3">οἱ ὅ. τῶν διαστημάτων</b> the [[notes which limit]] the intervals in the musical scale, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span> 17d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aristox. <span class="title">Harm.</span>pp.49,56</span> M. ; ὅροι τρεῖς ἁρμονίας... νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>443d</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ προτίθημι</b> I set the [[limit]] of human life at seventy years, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">74</span>, <span class="bibl">216</span>; ζωᾶς ὅρον ἡμετέρας <span class="bibl">B.5.144</span>: abs., <b class="b3">εἰς τὸν τόπον... ἐν οἷς ἂν . . ὅρους θῶνται τῶν ὠνίων</b> wherever (they) appoint [[fixed places]] for trading, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>849e</span>; [[decision]] of a magistrate, ὅρον δώσω <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PThead.</span>15.20</span> (iii A.D.); so ὅρον προσγράψαι <span class="bibl">D.23.40</span> ; ὅρους τοῖς βαρβάροις πήξαντες <span class="bibl">Lycurg.73</span> ; εἷς ὅρος παγήσεται <span class="bibl">Th.4.92</span> ; τὸν ὅρον ὑπερβάντες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 373d</span>, etc.: also in pl., [[bounds]], [[boundaries]], ἐν οὔροισι χώρης <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">125</span>; τοὺς Αἰγυπτίων οὔρους <span class="bibl">Id.2.17</span>; ὑπὸ Κυλλάνας ὅροις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.77</span> ; γῆς ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις ὅροις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>666</span>; τὸ ἀκόντιον ἔξω τῶν ὅ. τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας . . ἐξενεχθὲν ἔτρωσεν αὐτόν <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.2.4</span> ; ἐντὸς ὅρων Ἡρακλείων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ὅροι θεσπεσίας ὁδοῦ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1154</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">θῆλυς ὅ</b>. [[the boundary]] of a woman's mind, v. [[ἐπινέμω]] <span class="bibl">11.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[memorial stone]] or [[pillar]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.93</span> : esp. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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, <span class="bibl">Sol.36</span> ; ὅπως . . ὅροι τεθεῖεν <span class="bibl">Is.6.36</span> : with gen. of the amount, <b class="b3">τίθησιν ὅρους ἐπὶ μὲν τὴν οἰκίαν δισχιλίων</b> (sc. <b class="b3">δραχμῶν</b>), ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ χωρίον ταλάντου <span class="bibl">D.31.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">25.69</span> ; δανείζειν τοὺς ἱερέας . . ἐπὶ χωρίῳ . . καὶ ὅρον ἐφιστάναι <span class="title">IG</span>22.1183.29, cf. <span class="bibl">D. 41.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>10.9</span> : specimens are <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).412 (Amorgos), 22.2642,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[boundary-stone]] marking the limits of temple-lands, <b class="b3">ὅ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ</b> ib.12.858, cf. 860,22.2597, al.; <b class="b3">ὅρος· μὴ τοιχοδομεῖν ἐντὸς τῶν ὅρων ἰδιώτην</b> ib.7.422 (Orop.), cf. 1785 (Thesp.), etc. ; <b class="b3">ὅ. κρήνης, λεσχέων δημοσίων, ὁδοῦ</b>, etc., ib.12.874,888,877, etc. ; similarly, <b class="b3">ὅ. σήματος</b> ib.903, al., 22.2568, al.; <b class="b3">ὅ. μνημάτων</b> ib.12.906; <b class="b3">ὅ. μνήματος</b> ib.22.2527, al.; <b class="b3">ὅ. θήκης</b> ib.2586, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[standard]], [[measure]], <b class="b3">ἢν δ' ἄγαν δοκῶ χρονίζειν . .</b> Answ. <b class="b3">τοῦδ' ὅ. τίς ἐστί μοι</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1219</span> ; ὅροι τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ κανόνες <span class="bibl">D.18.296</span> ; [[rule]], [[canon]], εἷς ὅρος, μία βροτοῖσίν ἐστιν εὐτυχίας ὁδός B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>7 ; ὅρον πολιτείας ὁλιγαρχικῆς ταξάμενοι πλῆθος χρημάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>551a</span> ; ἀριστοκρατίας ὅρος ἀρετή, ὀλιγαρχίας πλοῦτος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1294a10</span> ; ὁμολογίᾳ θέμενοι ὅρον, εἰς τοῦτο ἀποβλέποντες καὶ ἀναφέροντες τὴν σκέψιν ποιώμεθα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>237d</span>: hence, [[end]], [[aim]], ἕν' ὅ. θέμενος παντὶ τρόπῳ μ' ἀνελεῖν <span class="bibl">D.21.105</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Logic, [[term]] of a proposition (whether subject or predicate), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>24b16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cael.</span>282a1</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">ὅ. μέσος</b> the middle [[term]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1142b24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span> 25b33</span> sq. : hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[definition]], ἔστι ὅ. λόγος ὁ τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι σημαίνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Top.</span>101b39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">139a24</span>, al. ; defined as ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου ἀπόδοσις <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.75</span> : in pl., title of pseudo-Platonic work. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[premiss]] of a syllogism, <b class="b3">ὅ. κατηγορικοί, στερητικοί</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>29a21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">31b33</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Math., [[term]] of a ratio or proportion, <span class="bibl">Archyt.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1131b5</span> sqq., <span class="bibl">Euc.5</span><span class="title">Def.</span>8, <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>1.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> pl., [[terms]], [[conditions]], συνθέσθαι πρός τινα ἐπὶ ὅροις, ὥστε . . <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>19.8</span> (iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Astrol., <b class="b3">οἱ τρεῖς ὅ</b>. the three [[terms]], used in various calculations, Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">304.1</span>, al. (Spir. lenis in some dialects which have not lost spir. asper is inferred from absence of a sign for [[h]] in Corc. <b class="b3">ὄρϝος</b>, Arg.<b class="b3">ὦρος</b>, Heracl. <b class="b3">ὄρος</b>, cf. [[ἄντορος]].) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">border, boundary mark (pole, column, stone), term, limit, mark, appointment, definition</b> (Att. Cf. Koller Glotta 38, 70ff.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">οὖρος</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">ορϜος</b> (Corc.), <b class="b3">ὦρος</b> (Cret., Arg.), <b class="b3">ὄρος</b> (Herakl.).<br />Compounds: Sometimes as 1. member, e.g. <b class="b3">ὁρο-θεσία</b> f. [[the fixing of boundaries]] (hell. inscr., Act. Ap., pap.), as <b class="b3">νομο-θεσία</b> a.o., formal from <b class="b3">ὁρο-θέ-της</b> (gloss.), comp. of <b class="b3">ὅρον θεῖναι</b> with <b class="b3">τη-</b>suffix; often as 2. member, e.g. <b class="b3">δί-ωρος</b> [[with two boundary stones]] (Arc. IVa), <b class="b3">ἀμφ-ούρ-ιον</b> n. <b class="b2">toll, paid by the seller to the owner of the neighbouring estate as a fixation of the sale</b> (pap. IIIa, Rhod. inscr. IIa), <b class="b3">ἀμφουριασμός</b> m. (<b class="b3">*ἀμφουρι-άζω</b>); s. Wilhelm Glotta 14, 68ff., 83, Preisigke Wb. s.v.; zu [[εὑθυωρία]] s. v.<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">ὅρία</b> n. pl. (rarely sg.) <b class="b2">borderline, border areas etc.</b> (Hp., Att., Arc.); 2. <b class="b3">ὁρία</b> f. [[border]] (Att. inscr.); 3. <b class="b3">ὅριος</b> [[belonging to the border]] (<b class="b3">Ζεὺς ὅρ</b>., Pl., D.) = Lat. [[Terminus]] (D.H., Plu.); 4. <b class="b3">ὁρικός</b> [[belonging to definition]] (Arist.); 5. <b class="b3">ὁρ-αία τεκτονική</b> = [[gruma]], <b class="b3">-ιαῖος λίθος</b> (gloss.); 6. <b class="b3">ὁρίζω</b>, aor. <b class="b3">-ίσαι</b> (Ion. <b class="b3">οὑρ-</b>), often w. prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">δι-</b> (<b class="b3">ἐπι-δι-</b> etc.), <b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>, <b class="b2">to border, to demarcate, to separate, to determine, to define</b> (IA.) with (<b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>, <b class="b3">δι-)ὅρισμα</b> (<b class="b3">οὔρ-</b>) [[limitation]], [[border]] (Hdt., E.), (<b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b> etc.) <b class="b3">ὁρισμός</b> <b class="b2">limitation, determination etc.</b> (Att.), (<b class="b3">δι-)ὅρισις</b> (Pl., Arist.), <b class="b3">ὁρισ-τής</b> m. [[landmarker]] (Att., Tab. Heracl.), <b class="b3">-τικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to limitation or determination, limiting, defining</b> (Arist.). -- 7. [[ὀρεύς]] s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [?] <b class="b2">*(u̯)eru̯-</b>?<br />Etymology: Not certainly explained. -- An orig. (h)<b class="b3">όρϜος</b> (= Corc.) can stand for still older <b class="b3">*ϜόρϜος</b> (Schwyzer 306 a. 226 f.) and can be connected wih Lat. [[urvāre]] (<b class="b2">amb-</b>) <b class="b2">surround with a (boundary)furrow</b> (Fest. from Enn., Dig.) as a cognate; the basic noun [[urvus]] [[circuitus civitatis]] (gloss.; transm. [[urus]]) can agree except for he ablaut (IE <b class="b2">*u̯r̥u̯os</b> against <b class="b2">*u̯oru̯os</b>). Here also Osc. <b class="b2">uruvú</b> from PItal. <b class="b2">*urvā</b>, if with Schulze ZGLE 549 n. 1 a.o. [[boundaryfurrow]], [[border]] (cf. Vetter Hb. d. ital. Dial. 1, 442). Further connection wih <b class="b3">ἐρύω</b> [[draw]] (s.v.) is then possible. -- Also an alternative basis <b class="b3">*ὄρϜος</b> (w. second. asper) can be combined with Lat. [[urvus]] (then from <b class="b2">*r̥u̯os</b>; to <b class="b3">ὀρύ-σσω</b>?, s.v.). -- WP. 1, 293 a. 2, 352 f., W.-Hofmann s. [[urvus]] w. further lit. S. also [[οὑροί]] and 2. <b class="b3">οὖρον</b>.