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ὅριον

ὅριον, a boundary, limit

ὅριον, τό,
  • = ὅρος, Dim. only in form, boundary, limit, Hp. Off. 3, Schwyzer 664.4 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.), Epigr.Gr. 978.12 (Philae), POxy. 2134.18 (ii A.D.): mostly in pl., boundaries, bounds, frontier, E. Tr. 375, D. 18.230, PCair.Zen. 251.3 (iii B.C.), Supp.Epigr. 3.378B11 (Delph., ii/i B.C.); ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁ. on the frontier, Th. 2.12, And. 1.45; ὅρια κελεύθου limits of a road, i.e. the road itself, S. Fr. 721 (dub.); μὴ κινείτω γῆς ὅ. μηδείς Pl. Lg. 842e; territories, LXX Ex. 10.4, al.
      • 2 Astrol., a subdivision of a zodiacal sign, appropriated to a planet, Ptol. Tetr. 43, S.E. M. 5.37, PMag.Lond. 46.48, PTeb. 277.15, Heph.Astr. 1.1, Man. 2.166, 4.265.
    • II pl., rules, e.g. for the use of wine, Hp. Liqu. 5.
    • III ὅριον· τείχισμα, φραγμόν, Hsch.; so ὅρια καὶ σταυρώματα Th. 6.74 (restd. from Sch.).

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