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ὄρθρος

ὄρθρος, day-break, dawn, cock-crow

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ὄρθρου Noun: masculine genitive singular of ὄρθρος

ὄρθρου Verb: present active imperative 2nd singular of ὀρθρόω

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ὄρθρος, ὁ,
  • the time just before or about daybreak, dawn, cock-crow (ἀπʼ ὄρθρου μέχρι περ ἂν ἥλιος ἀνάσχῃ Pl. Lg. 951d), τάχα δʼ 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; κατʼ ὄρθρον Ar. V. 772; περὶ ὄρθρον Th. 6.101 (cf. περίορθρος); πρὸς ὄρθρον towards dawn, Ar. Lys. 1089; πρὸς ὄρθρον γʼ ἐστίν Id. Ec. 20; ὑπʼ ὄρθρον Batr. 103; ὑπὸ τὸν ὄ. D.C. 76.17; τὸν ὄ., abs., in the morning, Hdt. 4.181; διʼ ὄρθρων each morning early, E. El. 909; ὄ. βαθύς 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.
    • II 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 (v.l. Ὄρθος).

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