ὄρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό: gen. pl. <b class="b3">ὀρέων</b> (the form proper to Ion. and other dialects) is required by the metre in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>719</span> (iamb.) and freq. in lyr. verse, as <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1106</span>, and is alone used in <span class="bibl">LXX, <span class="title">Ge.</span>8.5</span>, al., cf. <span class="title">IG</span>7.2225.18 (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>6.15</span>; but <b class="b3">ὀρῶν</b> (the Att. form) is required in <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>719</span>,<span class="bibl">811</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>342</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>791</span>, and occurs in <span class="bibl">Th.3.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>111c</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>888.120 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.), etc.: the Ep. and Lyr.forms <b class="b3">οὔρεος, οὔρεϊ, οὔρεα, οὔρεσι</b> prob. have <b class="b3">οὐρ-</b> metri gr. for <b class="b3">ὀρ-</b> (so <b class="b3">ὤρεα, ὤρεος</b> metri gr. in Dor., <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.77</span>,<span class="bibl">115</span>,<span class="bibl">4.35</span>, <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>162): the Ion. form is <b class="b3">ὀρ-</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.21</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Anacr.2.5</span>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v. [[ὄρειος]] (<b class="b3">οὔρεσιν</b> is an Epicism in <span class="bibl">Semon.14.1</span>, cf. [[οὔρη]] at end of a hexam., <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).445.6 (Thasos)); <b class="b3">ὄρος</b> is found in codd. of <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.43</span>, <span class="bibl">2.8</span>,<span class="bibl">12</span>, <span class="bibl">7.176</span> and should perh. be restd. elsewh.:—[[mountain]], [[hill]], ὄρεος κορυφῇσι <span class="bibl">Il.3.10</span>, al.; οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃσιν <span class="bibl">11.87</span> ; ἐν ὄρεσσι <span class="bibl">1.235</span>, al.; ἐν οὔρεσιν <span class="bibl">24.614</span>, al.; τρέμε δ' οὔρεα μακρά <span class="bibl">13.18</span>, etc.; Γαῖα . . γείνατο δ' Οὔρεα μακρά, θεῶν χαρίεντας ἐναύλους <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>129</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[canton]], [[parish]], <b class="b3">ὄ. Ἀργειατᾶν, ὄ. Ὀγχνιάἱον</b>, etc., <span class="title">Mnemos.</span>42.332 (Argos, iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in Egypt, [[desert]], PTeb. 383.61 (i A. D.); as place of burial, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>274.27</span> (i A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>153.5</span> (ii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>2.77.22</span> (iii/iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> part of the foot, = [[τὸ ἄνω πρὸ τῶν δακτύλων]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.197</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> = [[ἀμίς]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>82</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[mountain]], [[height]]; also (in Egypt) [[desert]] in contrast to cultivated plain (Il.).<br />Other forms: w. metr. length. <b class="b3">οὔρ-εος</b>, <b class="b3">-εα</b> etc. (ep.), also <b class="b3">ὤρ-εος</b>, <b class="b3">-εα</b> (Theoc.); Megar. <b class="b3">ὄρρος</b> and Chalcid. (RPh. 71, 1997, 170)<br />Compounds: As 1. member 1. w. unenlarged stem a.o. in <b class="b3">ὀρεσκῳ̃ος</b> (s. v.); 2. themat. enlarged e.g. in <b class="b3">ὀρεο-σέλινον</b> n. [[mountain-parsley]] (Thphr.; Risch IF 59, 257, Strömberg Pflanzn. 33 a. 116); 3. often in dat. sg. (= loc.), e.g. <b class="b3">ὀρει-δρόμος</b> [[roming in the mountains]] (Pi., E., Nonn.), after thir a.o. <b class="b3">ὀρεί-χαλκος</b> m. [[mountain ore]], [[brass]] (h. Hom. 6, 9, Hes. Sc. 122; Risch 59, 27; on the meaning Michell ClassRev. 69, 21 f.), Lat. LW [loanword] [[orichalcum]], folketym. <b class="b2">auri-</b>; also <b class="b3">ὠρό-χαλκος</b> (Peripl. M. Rubr., PGiss. 47, 6; <b class="b3">-ο-</b> in comp.boundary, <b class="b3">ὠ-</b> = Lat. <b class="b2">au-</b>?); 4. in dat. pl., e.g. <b class="b3">ὀρεσί-τροφος</b> [[grown up in the mountains]] (Hom.).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">ὀρέσ-τερος</b> <b class="b2">living in the mountains, to consist of mountains</b> (Χ 93; Chantraine Études 36 w. n.3 a. lit.); 2. <b class="b3">ὄρειος</b> (= <b class="b3">*ὄρεσ-ιος</b>), ep. lyr. <b class="b3">οὔρ-</b>, [[mountainous]] (h.Merc. 244), f. <b class="b3">-ειάς</b> (AP), as subst. [[mountain-nymph]] (Bion, Nonn.); 3. <b class="b3">ὀρεινός</b> (< <b class="b3">*ὀρεσ-νός</b>) <b class="b2">id.</b> (IA.); 4. <b class="b3">Όρέσ-της</b> m. PN (Il.) with <b class="b3">Όρεστ-άδης</b> (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 184), <b class="b3">ὀρέστ(ε)ιον</b> n. = <b class="b3">ἑλένιον</b> (Dsc., Plin.; Strömberg Pflanzenn. 102); <b class="b3">Όρέσ-ται</b> m. pl. "highlander", name of an Epeirotic people (Th.); <b class="b3">ὀρεστ-ιάδες νύμφαι</b> (Ζ 420, h. Hom. 19, 19); metr. for <b class="b3">*ὀρεστ-άδ-</b> (Schwyzer 508); <b class="b3">ὀρεστ-ίας</b> m. [[mountain wind]] (Call.; like <b class="b3">Όλυμπίας</b> a.o., Chantraine Form. 95); 5. <b class="b3">ὀρώδης</b> [[mountainous]] (EM).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [326] <b class="b2">*h₃er-</b> [[rise]]<br />Etymology: Prop. prob. *"elevation" as verbal noun of [[ὄρνυμαι]], <b class="b3">ὀρέσθαι</b> <b class="b2">rise etc.</b> (s.v. w. lit.); cf. Chantraine Form. 417, Schwyzer 512 and Porzig Satzinhalte 300 (so <b class="b2">*h₃er-os</b>). A further deriv. of this <b class="b2">s-</b>stems may be found in Skt. <b class="b2">r̥ṣ-vá-</b> [[ricing up]], [[high]]; vgl. auch [[ὄρρος]] und [[ὀρσοθύρη]].