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|Definition=Corc. ὄρϝος <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).698.1 (written <span class="sense"><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 plural, [[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"><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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[memorial stone]] or [[pillar]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.93</span> : esp. </span><span class="sense"><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. [[δραχμῶν]]), 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"><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"><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"><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"><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 plural, title of pseudo-Platonic work. </span><span class="sense"><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"><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"><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"><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. [[ὄρϝος]], Arg.[[ὦρος]], Heracl. [[ὄρος]], cf. [[ἄντορος]].) </span>