ὀρεινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (ὄρος) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mountainous]], [[hilly]], χώρη <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.110</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.34</span> ; opp. [[πεδινός]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.43</span> ; opp. [[πεδιάς]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.3.4</span> ; ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>351a3</span> ; ἡ ὀρεινή [[hill-country]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>556a4</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[of the mountains]] or [[from the mountains]], [[dwelling on the mountains]], οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες <span class="bibl">Th.2.96</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.4.11</span> ; of birds, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>592b19</span> ; of plants, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.8.3</span> ; [[τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀρεινόν]] = [[his wild and mountain nature]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>394e</span> : metaph., [[ὀρεινόν ἱμάτιον]], = [[ἄκναπτον]], <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span> 328. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in Egypt, [[belonging to the edge of the desert]], esp. as epith. of canals, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>61</span>(b).<span class="bibl">160</span>, al. (ii B. C.).</span>