περάτη
περάτη, farthest quarter, extremity
περᾰτ-η, ἡ, fem. of πέρατος (wh. is not found) (sc. χώρα),
- farthest quarter, extremity of the heavens, whether East, A.R. 1.1281, or (more freq.) West, Od. 23.243, Call. Del. 169.
- 2 of the southern hemisphere, Arat. 499.
περάτη, ης (ἡ) v. πέρατος.
περάτη, ἡ, s. πέρατος.
περάτη
-ης, ἡ
[app. fr. περάω1.]
Thus, the passage of night, the space which darkness traverses in the course of a night Od. 23.243.
περάτη : farthest border, horizon, implying the west side, Od. 23.243†.