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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[the time just before daybreak]] or [[the time about daybreak]], [[dawn]], [[cock-crow]] (ἀπ' ὄρθρου μέχρι περ ἂν ἥλιος ἀνάσχῃ Pl.''Lg.''951d), τάχα δ' ὄ. ἐγίγνετο δημιοεργός ''h.Merc.''98; ἐπειδὰν ὄ. ᾖ Ar.''Ach.''256, cf. ''Av.''496, etc.; [[ὄρθρου]] = [[at dawn]], Hes.''Op.''577, Sopat.25, Aristopho 10; ὄρθρου γενομένου Hdt.1.198; ἅμα ὄρθρῳ Id.7.188, Th.3.112, etc.; ἐς ὄρθρον Theoc.18.56, cf. X.''Cyn.''6.6; κατ' ὄρθρον Ar.''V.''772; περὶ ὄρθρον Th.6.101 (cf. [[περίορθρος]]); <b class="b3">πρὸς ὄρθρον</b> towards [[dawn]], Ar.''Lys.''1089; πρὸς ὄρθρον γ' ἐστίν Id.''Ec.''20; ὑπ' ὄρθρον Batr.103; ὑπὸ τὸν ὄρθρον D.C.76.17; <b class="b3">τὸν ὄ</b>., abs., [[in the morning]], Hdt.4.181; <b class="b3">δι' ὄρθρων</b> each [[morning early]], E.''El.'' 909; <b class="b3">ὄρθρος βαθύς</b> dim [[morning twilight]], ἀλλὰ νῦν ὄ. β. Ar.''V.''216, cf. Pl. ''Cri.''43a, Theoc.18.14; τῆς παρελθούσης νυκτὸς... ἔτι βαθέος ὄ. Pl.''Prt.'' 310a, cf. ''Ev.Luc.''24.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Ὄρθρος, ὁ, a mythical dog, son of [[Typhaon]] and [[Echidna]], that kept the herds of [[Geryoneus]] on the island Erytheia, and was there killed by Heracles, Hes.''Th.''309, cf. 293 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[Ὄρθος]]).