ὄρειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον Plu.2.965c, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Demon.</span>2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">DDeor.</span>20.3</span>; Ep. οὔρειος:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of]] or <b class="b2">from the mountains, mountain-haunting</b>, νύμφην οὐρείην <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>244</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>198</span>, Phoronis <span class="bibl">2</span>; this Ep. form is also used by Trag. and Com. in lyr., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>352</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>127</span>,<span class="bibl">1126</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>806</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1098</span>, etc.; but [[ὄρειος]] (which is not only Att. but Ion., v. infr.) in trim., as in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>497</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>937</span>; <b class="b3">Μήτηρ ὀρεία</b>, of Rhea, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>746</span> (lyr.); Ion. gen., Μητρὸς Ὀρέης <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).75 (Amorgos); Ion.acc. pl., πέτρας ὀρείας <span class="bibl">Hippon.35.5</span> : in Prose, ὄρειοί τινες . . νομῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>677b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Criti.</span>109d</span>; opp. [[ἄγροικος]], of animals, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488b2</span>; so ὀρειότερος <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>2.22</span>.</span>