χῶρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> like [[χώρα]] ''1'', a [[definite]] [[space]], [[piece]] of [[ground]], [[place]], χῶρον μὲν πρῶτον διεμέτρεον <span class="bibl">Il.3.315</span>; <b class="b3">διαμετρητῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">344</span>; <b class="b3">νεκύων διεφαίνετο χῶρος</b> a [[space]] [[clear]] of the [[dead]], i. e. not filled by them, <span class="bibl">8.491</span>; <b class="b3">χ. ὑλήεις, ἐρῆμος, οἰοπόλος, ψαμαθώδης</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.10.520</span>, <span class="bibl">13.473</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>75</span>; πίων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>390</span>; [[εὐαής]] ib.<span class="bibl">599</span>; καταστύφελος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>806</span>; ἀσυνήθης <span class="bibl">Emp.118</span>; [[region]], <b class="b3">ἀτερπὴς χ</b>., of the lower world, <span class="bibl">Od.11.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Emp.121</span>; so εὐσεβῶν χ. <span class="bibl">Lycurg.96</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371c</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).115.20 (Amorgos); χ. ἀσεβῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371e</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ περίγειος χ</b>. the [[region]] of this world, τὸν π. καταλελοιπότες χῶρον μετεωροπολεῖν ἐγνώκασιν <span class="bibl">Ph.1.196</span>; δένδρε' ἔθαλλεν χ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.23</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.178</span>; Βρόμιος δ' ἔχει τὸν χ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>24</span>; θηρῶν οὓς ὅδ' ἔχει χῶρος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1148</span> (lyr.); Μακραὶ δὲ χῶρός ἐστ' ἐκεῖ κεκλημένος; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 283</span>; πόδες δέ οἱ οὐχ ἑνὶ χώρῳ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>192</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[space]], [[compass]], ποιῆσαι ἐν βραχεῖ χώρῳ τὴν δύναμιν <span class="bibl">Plb.11.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[land]], [[country]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.30</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ Λιβυκὸς χ</b>. v. l. in <span class="bibl">Id.2.19</span>; τοῦ Ἀταρνέος ἐστὶ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.1.160</span>; τῆς Ἀραβίης <span class="bibl">2.75</span>: pl., [[lands]], τῶν Θηβαίων ἔκειρε τοὺς χ. <span class="bibl">Id.9.15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1126</span>: metaph., τὸ γὰρ νεάζον ἐν τοιοῖσδε βόσκεται χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>145</span>; <b class="b3">χ… οὗτος</b> (leg. [[αὑτός]]) ἀνθρώπου φρενῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 910</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[landed property]], [[estate]], <span class="bibl">Axiop.5</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.4.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[the country]], opp. the town, ἐν τῷ χ. καὶ ἐν τῷ ἄστει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oec.</span>5.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.18</span>; σπείρω τ' ἄρουραν . . Βερέκυντα χ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>158</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[country town]], IG12(9).189.26 (Eretria, iv B. C., pl.); ὁ χ. ὁ Μοττιανῶν κτλ. <span class="title">LW</span>1745 (Gergis).—Rare in pure Att. Prose (<span class="bibl">Th.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">7.78</span>, f.l. in <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.2.8</span>), but common in X.</span><br /><span class="bld">χῶρος</span>, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[north-west wind]], Lat. [[corus]], Act.Ap.27.12.</span>