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|Definition=[[ὤρα]], (A), Ion. [[ὤρη]], ἡ: (v. sub fin.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[care]], [[concern]], mostly c. gen. and usually joined with some word expressing or implying [[negation]], <b class="b3">ὤρη γάρ τ' ὀλίγη πέλεται νεικέων</b> [[little]] [[heed]] is there [[for]] [[strife]]s, Hes.''Op.''30; ἀνδρὸς ἀλωμένου οὐδεμἴ ὤρη Tyrt.10.11; μηδεμίαν ὤρην ἔχειν ἁρπασθεισέων [γυναικῶν] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.4, cf. 3.155, Alciphr. 1.27; ὤρην ἐποιήσαντο οὐδεμίαν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.8, cf. Herod.4.43; ἤδη γὰρ ἔσχες ἐλπίδ' ἑς ἐμοῦ θεοὺς ὤραν τιν' ἕξειν; S.''OC''386; ἔχω δέ τοι οὐδ' ὅσον ὤραν χείματος Theoc.9.20; περὶ τῶν.. πλευρῶν οὐδεμίαν ὤ. ἔχεις Pl.Com.2; ὑπὲρ τούτων οὐδ' ὀλίγην ἔθεντο ὤ. Ael.''NA''1.59; τὰ θεῖα ἐν μηδεμιᾷ ὤ. τίθεσθαι Id.''Fr.''106; without a neg., <b class="b3">εἰ πατρὸς νέμοι τιν'</b> ὤραν S.''Tr.''57; εἰ δεῖ τῆς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων σοφίας.. ὤραν τίθεσθαι Ael.''NA'' 12.7. Poet. word, used in Ion. and late Prose. (Hence [[ὀλιγωρία]], cf. Hes.''Op.''l.c.: prob. fr. [[ϝώρα]], '[[watching]]', cf. [[βῶροι]] (i.e. [[ϝῶροι]]) <b class="b3">· ὀφθαλμοί</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], and <b class="b3">ὁράω</b>; cf. [[οὖρος]] (B).)[[ὥρα]] or [[ὤρα]] (B), only in Ion. form [[ὥρη]], or [[ὤρη]], some part of a [[sacrificial]] [[victim]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> λάψεται γλῶσσαν, ὀσφῦν δασέαν, ὤρην ''SIG''1037.2 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.); <b class="b3">τοὺς Ἴωνας λέγειν φασὶ τὴν κωλῆν ὥρην καὶ ὡραίαν</b> Sch.HQ Od.12.89: but distinguished from <b class="b3">κωλῆ, λάψεται.. κωλῆν ἀντὶ τῆς ὤρης</b> ''SIG''l.c.5; cf. [[ἄωρος]](B). (Perh. cogn. with Lat. [[sūra]].) <br /><br />(C), Ion. [[ὥρη]], ἡ: Ep. gen. pl. [[ὡράων]], Ion. [[ὡρέων]]: loc. pl. [[ὥρασι]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]<br><span class="bld">A</span> any [[period]], fixed by [[natural]] [[law]]s and [[revolution]]s, whether of the [[year]], [[month]], or [[day]] (the sense '[[day]]' is implied in the compd. [[ἑπτάωρος]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]), νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ X.Mem. 4.7.4, cf. E.''Alc.''449(lyr.), Pl.''R.''527d; τοῦ γνώμονος ἡ σκιὰ ἐπιοῦσα ἐπὶ τὰς γραμμὰς σημαίνει τὰς ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας ''IG''12(8).240 (Samothrace): but specially,<br><span class="bld">I</span> in Hom., [[part of the year]], [[season]]; mostly in plural, the [[seasons]], ὅτε τέτρατον ἦλθεν ἔτος καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι Od.2.107, 19.152; ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο, ἂψ περιτελλομένου ἔτεος, καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι 11.295, 14.294; ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἐνιαυτὸς ἔην, περὶ δ' ἔτραπον ὧραι 10.469, cf. Hes. ''Th.'' 58; Διὸς ὧραι Od.24.344, cf. Pi.''O.''4.2; ὁ κύκλος τῶν ὡρέων ἐς τὠυτὸ περιιών [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.4, cf. 1.32; δυώδεκα μέρεα δασαμένους τῶν ὡρέων ἐς [τὸν ἐνιαυτόν] Id.2.4; <b class="b3">οὐ μεταλλάσσουσι αἱ ὧραι</b> ib.77; περιτελλομέναις ὥραις [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''156 (lyr.); [[πάσαις ὥραις]] = [[at all seasons]], Id.''Fr.''592.6 (lyr.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''696 (anap.); ὧραι ἐτῶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''906c, cf. ''Smp.''188a, etc.; τῆς.. ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ταύτης οὔσης, ἐν ᾗ ἀσθενοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι μάλιστα Th.7.47; <b class="b3">χαλεπὴ ὥρα</b> a [[bad]] [[season]], Pl.''Prt.''344d; ἀ δ' ὤρα χαλέπα Alc.39; <b class="b3">ἡ ὥρα αὕτη</b> [[this]] [[season]], X.''Cyn.''7.1, cf. 5.6; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὰς ὥρας</b> according to the [[seasons]], Arist.''GA''786a31; οἱ περὶ τὴν ὥραν χρόνοι Id.''Pol.''1335a37.—Hom. and Hes. distinguish three seasons, and express each by the sg. [[ὥρη]], with a word added to specify each:<br><span class="bld">a</span> [[spring]], ἔαρος.. ὥρη Il.6.148; ὥρη εἰαρινή 2.471, 16.643, Od.18.367, etc.; so in Trag. and Att., <b class="b3">ἦρος ὥρα</b> or [[ὧραι]], Ar.''Nu.''1008 (anap.), E.''Cyc.''508 (lyr.); ὥρα νέα [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''419; νεᾶνις E.''Ph.''786 (lyr.); v. infr. 2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[summer]], θέρεος ὥρη Hes.''Op.''584, 664; ὥρα θερινή X.''Cyn.''9.20, Pl.''Epin.''987a, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[winter]], χείματος ὥρη Hes.''Op.''450; ὥρῃ χειμερίῃ Od.5.485, Hes.''Op.''494; [[χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ]] = [[in winter]], And.1.137; [[χιονοβόλος]] Plu.2.182e.—A. also names three seasons, ''Pr.''454sq.; an Egyptian division of the year, acc. to [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]1.26.—A fourth first appears in Alcm.76, <b class="b3">θέρος καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ϝῆρ</b>; and in Hp.''Vict.''3.68, χειμών, ἦρ, θέρος, φθινόπωρον; ὥρας φαίνομεν ἡμεῖς ἦρος χειμῶνος ὀπώρας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''709 (anap.); <b class="b3">τετράμορφοι ὧραι</b> E(?).''Fr.''943 (hex.): later, seven seasons are named, [[ἔαρ]], [[θέρος]], [[ὀπώρα]], [[φθινόπωρον]], [[σπορητός]], [[χειμών]], [[φυταλιά]] Gal.17(1).17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> esp. [[prime of the year]], [[springtime]], ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ Od.9.51, cf. Il.2.468; παρὰ τὴν καθεστηκυῖαν ὥραν Th.4.6.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in historians, the [[campaign]]ing [[season]], τὸν τῆς ὥρας εἰς τὸν περίπλουν χρόνον X.''HG''6.2.13; especially in the phrase [[ὥρα ἔτους]], Th.2.52, 6.70, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 229a, ''Lg.''952e, D.50.23, Thphr.''CP''3.23.2; [[εἰς ἔτους ὥραν]] = [[next season]], Plu.''Per.''10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> the [[year]] generally, τῆς ὥρης μέσον θέρος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.12; [[ἐν τῇ πέρυσιν ὥρᾳ]] = [[last year]], D.56.3; [[εἰς ὥρας]] = [[next year]], Philem.116, Pl.''Ep.''346c, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''18.10, ''AP''11.17 (Nicarch.), cf. Plu.''Ages.''22; also εἰς ἄλλας ὥρας [[hereafter]], E.''IA''122 (lyr.); ἐς τὰς ὥρας τὰς ἑτέρας Ar.''Nu.''562 (lyr.); ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν εἰς τὰς ὥρας Id.''Th.''950 (anap.); <b class="b3">κἠς ὥρας κἤπειτα</b> [[next year]] and [[for ever]], Theoc.15.74; also ὥραις ἐξ ὡρᾶν Isyll.25; cf. [[ὥρασιν]].<br><span class="bld">4</span> in plural, of the [[climate]] of a [[country]], as determined by its [[season]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.142, cf. 149, 4.199 (here perhaps three [[harvest seasons]]); τὰς ὥ. κάλλιστα κεκρημένας Id.3.106; cf. Pl.''Criti.''111e, ''Phd.'' 111b; [[climatic conditions]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.26.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[time of day]], νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ ''h.Merc.''67, 155, 400; <b class="b3">αἱ ὧ. τῆς ἡμέρας</b> the [[time]]s of [[day]], i.e. [[morning]], [[noon]], [[evening]], and [[night]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.3.4; <b class="b3">δι' ὥραν ἡμέρας</b> by the [[time]] of [[day]] (fixed for meetings), D.''Prooem.''49, etc.; πᾶσαν ὥ. τῆς ἡμέρας [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''371b31; μεσονυκτίοις ποθ' ὥραις ''Anacreont.''31.1: without [[ἡμέρα]]ς or νυκτός, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας μέχρι τρίτου μέρους ὥρας Pl. ''Lg.''784a; τῆς ὥρας μικρὸν πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου X.''HG''7.2.22; <b class="b3">ψευσθεὶς τῆς ὥρας</b> = having [[mistake]]n the [[hour]], And.1.38; <b class="b3">ἐποίησαν ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν τὴν ὥραν</b>, i.e. they prolonged the [[day]] beyond midnight, D.54.26; τῆς ὥρας ἐγίγνετ' ὀψέ Id.21.84; ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥ. ''PTeb.''793 xi 12 (ii B. C.); πολλῆς ὥρας [[it being late]], Plb.5.8.3; ἤδη ὥρα πολλή ''Ev.Marc.''6.35; [[ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας]] = [[till late in the day]], D.H.2.54.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[duration]], [[interval]] or [[lapse of time]], μετὰ ἱκανὴν ὥραν τοῦ κατενεχθῆναι τὸν πέλεκυν ἐξακούεται ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φωνή S.E.''M.''5.69; [[length of time]], [[term]], <b class="b3">Ἄρτεμις ἐννέ' ἐτῶν δεκάδας βίον Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ ἔκχρησεν, τρεῖς δ' ὥραι</b>(date.) ἔτι προσέθηκε Προνοίη ''IG''12(3).1350.3 (Thera, ii B. C.); [[ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥραν]] = [[for a long time]], J.''AJ''8.4.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[νυχθήμερον]] was prob. first divided into twenty-four [[hours]] by Hipparch., <b class="b3">ἐν πόσαις ὥραις ἰσημεριναῖς</b> ([[equinoctial]] [[hours]]) ἕκαστον τῶν ἄστρων ἢ δύνει ἢ ἀνατέλλει 2.4.5, cf. Ptol.''Alm.''3.9, 4.9, al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in ordinary life the day from sunrise to sunset was divided into twelve equal parts called [[ὧραι]] (<b class="b3">ὧραι καιρικαί</b> when it was necessary to distinguish them from the <b class="b3">ὧραι ἰσημεριναί</b>, v. [[καιρικός]] 2 c), ἡμέρα ἡ.. δωδεκάωρος, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μέχρι δύσεως S.E.''M.''10.182; οὐχὶ δώδεκά εἰσιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρας; ''Ev.Jo.''11.9; ὡράων ἀμφὶ δυωδεκάδι ''AP''9.782 (Paul.Sil.); the time of day was commonly given without the Art., ὥρᾳ ᾱ ''PHamb.''1.96.3 (ii A. D.), τρίτης ὥρας Plu.''Rom.''12; <b class="b3">ὀγδόης, ἐνάτης, δεκάτης ὥρας</b>, Id.''Alex.''60, ''Aem.''22, ''Ant.''68, etc.; but we have <b class="b3">περὶ τὴν τρίτην ὥραν, περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην</b>, ''Ev.Matt.''20.3,6, beside <b class="b3">περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐννάτην ὥραν</b> ib.5; χθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην ''Ev.Jo.''4.52, cf. ''IG''5(1).1390.109 (Andania, i B. C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι.. αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ</b> -[[tomorrow]] the 15th at 9 [[o'clock]], POxy.110 (ii A. D.): [[proverb|prov.]], [[δωδεκάτης ὥρας]], as we say 'at the [[eleventh]] [[hour]]', Plu.''Crass.''17.<br><span class="bld">c</span> τὰ δυώδεκα μέρεα τῆς ἡμέρης παρὰ Βαβυλωνίων ἔμαθον οἱ Ἕλληνες [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.109; here [[ἡμέρη]] means the [[νυχθήμερον]], and the [[μέρεα]] were each = 2 <b class="b3">ὧραι ἰσημεριναί</b>; these [[double]] [[hour]]s (Assyr. kaš-bu) are called [[ὧραι]] by Eudox., ἥμισυ ζῳδίου... ὅ ἐστιν ὥρας ἥμισυ ''Ars''14.11, cf. 16.2; cf. [[δωδεκάωρος]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Astrol., [[degree]] of the [[zodiac]] [[rising]] at the [[nativity]] (cf. [[ὡρονόμος]] ''ΙΙ'', [[ὡροσκόπος]] ''ΙΙ''), ὥρα [[μεροποσπόρος]], [[τεκνοσπόρος]], Man.4.577, 597; <b class="b3">ἐξ ὥρης ἐσορῶν Ζεὺς Ἑρμείην</b> [[Jupiter]] in the [[ascendant]] in [[aspect]] with [[Mercury]], Id.3.186, cf. 32, al.<br><span class="bld">B</span> the [[fit]]ting [[time]] or [[season]] for a thing (mostly without Art., even in Att.), freq. in Hom. (v. infr.); ὥρα συνάπτει Pi.''P.''4.247; ὧραι ἐπειγόμεναι Id.''N.''4.34; ὅταν ὥ. ἥκῃ [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.2; but with Art., τῆς ὥ. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι Id.''Cyn.''8.6: freq. in later writers, τῆς ὥρας ἐπιγενομένης Plb.2.34.3, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">ὥρη κοίτοιο, μύθων, ὕπνου</b>, the [[time]] for [[bed]], [[tale]]-[[tell]]ing, or [[sleep]], Od.3.334, 11.379, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.10; ὥρη δόρποιο Od.14.407; περὶ ἀρίστου ὥραν Th.7.81, X.''HG''1.1.13; πολυηράτου ἐς γάμου ὥρην Od.15.126; ἐς γάμου ὥρην ἀπικέσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.61; γάμων ἔχειν ὥραν D.H.5.32; so <b class="b3">εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἥκουσα</b> [[time]] for a [[husband]], Pl.''Criti.'' 113d; <b class="b3">ὥρη ἀρότου, ἀμήτου</b>, Hes.''Op.''460, 575; μέχρι ἀρότου ὥρης ''IG''7.235.3 (Oropus, iv B. C.); καρπῶν ὧραι Ar.''Ra.'' 1034 (anap.); ἡ ὥρα τῆς [[ὀχεία]]ς [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''509b20; <b class="b3">τοῦ φωλεύειν</b> ib. 579a26, etc.; also <b class="b3">ὥραν εἶχον παιδεύεσθαι</b> I was of [[age]] to.. Is.9.28.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ὥρα]], [[ὥρα ἐστίν]] c. inf., [[it is time]] to do a thing, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν Od.11.330, cf. 373; so also in Trag. and Att., E.''Ph.'' 1584, ''Heracl.''288 (anap.), Ar.''Ec.''30, Pl.''Prt.''361e, 362a; so δοκεῖ οὐχ ὥρα εἶναι καθεύδειν X.''An.''1.3.11, cf. ''HG''7.2.13 (dub. l.): c. acc. et inf., ὥρα δ' ἐμπόρους καθιέναι ἄγκυραν A.''Ch.''661, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''466 (lyr.): c. dat. et inf., [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.1, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''145b: in these phrases the inf. pres. is almost universal; the aor., however, occurs in Od.21.428, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''245 (lyr.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''393 (where also [[ἐστί]] is added to [[ὥρα]], as in Philyll.3, <b class="b3">ἀφαιρεῖν ὥρα 'στὶν ἤδη τὰς τραπέζας</b>); and the pf. in ὥρα πεπαῦσθαι Plu.2.728d: sometimes the inf. must be supplied, οὐδέ τί σε χρή, πρὶν ὥρη, καταλέχθαι Od.15.394, cf. E.''El.''112 (lyr.), Ar.''Ec.''877; <b class="b3">ὥρα κἠς οἶκον</b> (i.e. <b class="b3">ἰέναι εἰς οἶκον</b>) Theoc.15.147.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in various adverb. usages, τὴν ὥρην [[at the right time]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.2, 8.19, X.''Oec.''20.16: but <b class="b3">τὴν ὥ.</b> [[at]] that [[hour]], Hes.''Sc.''401; <b class="b3">ταύτην τὴν ὥραν</b> [[at]] this [[season]], X.''Cyn.''9.1; [ἡ ἶρις] πᾶσαν ὥραν γίγνεται τῆς ἡμέρας [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''371b31; δείελον ὥρην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο A.R. 3.417; <b class="b3">ὥραν οὐδενὸς κοινὴν θεῶν</b> [[at an hour]]... A.''Eu.''109, cf. E.''Ba.'' 724, Aeschin.1.9; [[αὐτῆς ὥρας]] = [[immediately]], ''PMich.'' in ''Class.Phil.''22.255(iii A. D.); <b class="b3">ἐν ὥρῃ</b> in [[due season]], in [[good time]], Od.17.176, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.31, cf. Pi.''O.''6.28, Ar.''V.''242, etc.; also [[αἰεὶ εἰς ὥρας]] = [[in successive seasons]], Od.9.135; [[ἐς τὰς ὥρας]] = [[for all time]], Ar.''Ra.''382 (lyr. cf. supr. A. 1.3) (hence in an acclamation <b class="b3">[ε] ἰς ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν</b> [[hurrah]] for... ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''41.29 (iii/iv A. D.)); οἱ [[ὧδε]] χέζοντες εἰς ὥρας μὴ ἔλθοιεν = a [[curse]] on those who [[relieve]] themselves [[here]] [at my grave]! ''Milet.''2(3) No.406, cf. ὥρασι; καθ' ὥραν Theoc.18.12, Plb.1.45.4, cf. 3.93.6, etc.; opp. παρ'[[ ὥρην]] ''AP''7.534 (Alex.Aet. or Autom.), cf. Plu.2.784b, etc.:—[[πρὸ τῆς ὥρας]] X.''Oec.''20.16; πρὸ ὥρας Luc.''Luct.''13; πρὸ ὥρας τελευτῆσαι ''IG''42(1).84.26 (Epid., i A. D.); πρὶν ὥρας Pi.''P.''4.43 (cf. [[πρίν]] A. 11.4).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., the [[springtime]] of [[life]], the [[bloom]] of [[youth]], Mimn.3.1; ὥραν ἐχούσας A.''Supp.''997, cf. ''Th.''13, 535; παῖδας πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''705 (anap.); πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ Pl.''R.''474d; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐνὥρα</b> = [[πρεσβύτερος]], Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 240d; ἐὰν ἐπὶ ὥρᾳ ᾖ Id.''R.''474e; ἕως ἂν ἐν ὥρᾳ ὦσι Id.''Men.''76b; <b class="b3">παυσαμένου τῆς ὥρας</b> prob. in Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''234a; [[ἀνθεῖν]] ἐν ὥρᾳ Id.''R.''475a; τὴν ὥ. διαφυλάξαι ἄβατον τοῖς πονηροῖς Isoc.10.58; <b class="b3">λήγειν ὥρας</b>, opp. [[ἀνθεῖν]], Pl.''Alc.''1.131e; ἑς ἐπιγινόμενόν τι [[τέλος]], οἷον τοῖς ἀκμαίοις ἡ ὥρα [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1174b33, cf. 1157a8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. involving an [[idea]] of [[beauty]], φεῦ φεῦ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ κάλλους [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1724(lyr.); ὥρᾳ.. ἡλικίας λαμπρός Th.6.54; κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες Aeschin.1.134, cf. ib.158; καλὸς ὥρᾳ τε [[κεκραμένος]] Pi.''O.''10(11).104, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 2.1.22, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''837b; [[ἀφ' ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι]] = [[sell]] their [[beauty]], Lat. [[quaestum corpore facere]], Plu.Tim..14, cf. X.Mem..1.6.13, ''Smp.''8.21; τὴν ὥ. πεπωληκότες Phld.''Rh.''1.344 S.:—then,<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[beauty]], [[grace]], [[elegance]] of [[style]], D.H.''Pomp.''2, Plu.2.874b, etc.; γλυκύτης καὶ ὥ. Hermog.''Id.''2.3, cf. Men.''Rh.''p.335 S., Him.''Or.''1.2; of [[beauty]] in general, χάρις καὶ ὥρα Plu.2.128d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[Ὥρα]] personified, like [[Ἥβη]], Pi.''N.''8.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[τὰ ὡραῖα]], the [[produce]] of the [[season]], [[fruit]]s of the [[year]], ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐτρέφοντο X.''HG''2.1.1.<br><span class="bld">C</span> personified, [[αἱ Ὧραι]], [[the Hours]], [[keeper]]s of [[heaven]]'s [[cloudgate]], Il.5.749, 8.393; and [[minister]]s of the [[god]]s, ib.433; Ζεῦ, τεαὶ.. Ὧραι Pi.''O.''4.2; especially of [[Aphrodite]], ''h.Hom.''6.5,12; also <b class="b3">Ὧραι Διονυσιάδες, Ὧραι Καρνειάδες</b>, Simon.148, Call.''Ap.''87; three in number, [[Eunomia]], [[Dike]], [[Eirene]], [[daughter]]s of [[Zeus]] and [[Themis]], Hes.''Th.'' 901; Ὧραι [[πολυάνθεμος|πολυάνθεμοι]] Pi.''O.''13.17, cf. Alex.261.6, Theoc.1.150, etc.: freq. joined with the [[Χάριτες]], ''h.Ap.''194, Hes.''Op.''75; worshipped at Athens, Paus.9.35.1; at Argos, Id.2.20.5; at Attaleia, ''BMus.Inscr.''1044 (i B. C.).