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ἄωρος

ἄωρος, untimely, unseasonable

ἄωρος2, pendulous, waving about

ἄωρος3, sleep

ἄωρος (A), ον, (ὥρα)
  • untimely, unseasonable, χειμών, τύχαι, A. Pers. 496, Eu. 956 (lyr.); θάνατος E. Or. 1030; τελευτή Antipho 3.1.2; ξυνουσίη Aret. CD 1.4 (but ἄ. γάμος too late, D.H. 4.7); πένθος LXX Wi. 14.15; μετὰ μάχην ἱκετεύειν ἄωρον ἐδόκει J. BJ 5.11.1; ἄ. θανεῖν E. Alc. 168, cf. Hdt. 2.79; οἱ ἄ. those who die untimely, Apollod.Com. 4, cf. Philostr. VA 6.4; esp. of those dying unmarried, PMag.Par. 1.342, cf. 2725; in Epitaphs, ὤλετʼ ἄ. IG 1(2).977: Sup. ἀωρώτατε (sic) Sammelb. 1420; ἕνεκα χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄ. unripe (for death), Metrod. 52; ἀώροις περιπέσοιτο συμφοραῖς Epigr.Gr. 376 (Aezani): Comp. γήρως ἀωρότερα πράττειν things unbecoming old age, Plu. Sull. 2.
      • 2 unripe, of fruit, Dsc. 1.126, LXX Wi. 4.5; of fish, out of season, opp. ὥριμος, Nicom.Com. 1.21: metaph., ἄωρος πρὸς γάμον Plu. Lyc. 15; ἄ. ὥρα Id. Comp. Thes.Rom. 6.
      • 3 without youthful freshness, ugly, Eup. 69, X. Mem. 1.3.14 (Sup.), Pl. R. 574c. Adv. -ρως J. AJ 4.8.19.
ἄωρος (B), ον,
  • of the πλεκτάναι or polypus-like legs of Scylla, τῆς ἦ τοι πόδες εἰσὶ δυώδεκα πάντες ἄωροι Od. 12.89; one of the Sch. expld. it as κρεμαστοί, ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰωρῶ, but more prob. = ἄκωλοι, as Sch.HQ, from Ion. ὤρη B.
    • II ἄωροι πόδες fore-feet, οὐ τοὺς ἀώρους εἶπά σοι . . πόδας πρίασθαι; σὺ δὲ φέρεις ὀπισθίους Philem. 145.
ἄωρος (C), contr. ὦρος, ὁ,
  • sleep, Sapph. 57; ἤλασʼ ἄωρον prob. for ἤλασας ὦρον in Call. Fr. 150.

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