ὀρεινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὀρεινή, ὀρεινόν, ([[ὄρος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mountainous]], [[hilly]], [[χώρη]] Hdt.1.110, cf. 2.34; opp. [[πεδινός]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.43; opp. [[πεδιάς]], J.''BJ''3.3.4; ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''351a3; ἡ ὀρεινή [[hill-country]], Id.''HA''556a4, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[of the mountains]] or [[from the mountains]], [[dwelling on the mountains]], οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες Th.2.96, X.''An.''7.4.11; of birds, Arist.''HA''592b19; of plants, Thphr.''HP''6.8.3; [[τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀρεινόν]] = [[his wild and mountain nature]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''394e: metaph., [[ὀρεινόν ἱμάτιον]], = [[ἄκναπτον]], ''Com.Adesp.'' 328.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Egypt, [[belonging to the edge of the desert]], esp. as [[epithet]] of [[canal]]s, ''PTeb.''61(b).160, al. (ii B. C.).