ἄωρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ον, ([[ὥρα]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[untimely]], [[unseasonable]], [[χειμών]], [[τύχαι]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 496</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>956</span> (lyr.); [[θάνατος]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1030</span>; [[τελευτή]] <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.1.2</span>; ξυνουσίη <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>1.4</span> (but ἄ. γάμος [[too late]], <span class="bibl">D.H.4.7</span>); πένθος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span> 14.15</span>; μετὰ μάχην ἱκετεύειν ἄωρον ἐδόκει <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.11.1</span>; ἄ. θανεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 168</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.79</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἄωροι</b> those who [[die]] [[untimely]], <span class="bibl">Apollod.Com.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>6.4</span>; especially of those dying [[unmarried]], PMag.Par.1.342, cf. 2725; in Epitaphs, ὤλετ' ἄ. <span class="title">IG</span>12.977: Sup. [[ἀωρώτατε]] (sic) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span> 1420</span>; <b class="b3">ἕνεκα χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι</b> [[unripe]] (for [[death]]), <span class="bibl">Metrod.52</span>; ἀώροις περιπέσοιτο συμφοραῖς <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>376 (Aezani): Comp. <b class="b3">γήρως ἀωρότερα πράττειν</b> things [[unbecoming]] [[old age]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[unripe]], of fruit, Dsc.1.126, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>4.5</span>; of fish, [[out of season]], opp. [[ὥριμος]], <span class="bibl">Nicom.Com.1.21</span>: metaph., ἄωρος πρὸς γάμον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>15</span>; ἄ. [[ὥρα]] Id. Comp. Thes.Rom.<span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[without youthful freshness]], [[ugly]], <span class="bibl">Eup.69</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.3.14</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>574c</span>. Adv. [[ἀώρως]] = [[inopportunely]], [[prematurely]] <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>4.8.19</span>.</span><br />(B), ον, of the [[πλεκτάνη|πλεκτάναι]] or [[polypus]]-like [[leg]]s of [[Scylla]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> τῆς ἦ τοι πόδες εἰσὶ δυώδεκα πάντες ἄωροι <span class="bibl">Od.12.89</span>; one of the Sch. expld. it as <b class="b3">κρεμαστοί, ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰωρῶ</b>, but more prob. = [[ἄκωλος|ἄκωλοι]], as Sch.HQ, from Ion. [[ὤρη]] B. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἄωροι πόδες</b> [[forefeet]], οὐ τοὺς ἀώρους εἶπά σοι . . πόδας πρίασθαι; σὺ δὲ φέρεις ὀπισθίους <span class="bibl">Philem.145</span>.</span><br />(C), contr. [[ὦρος]], ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sleep]], Sapph.57; <b class="b3">ἤλασ' ἄωρον</b> prob. for <b class="b3">ἤλασας ὦρον</b> in <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>150</span>.</span>