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ὅρος

ὅρος, a boundary, landmark

ὅρος, Corc. ὄρϝος IG 9(1).698.1 (written ὄρβος 700.1); Cret. and Arg. ὦρος SIG 685.59, Mnemos. 42.332; Heracl. ὄρος Tab.Heracl. 1.53, al., cf. ἄντορος; Ion. οὖρος GDI 5518 and 5493b25, Democr. 4, Hdt. (v. infr.) (also Theraean IG 12(3).436); Megarian ὄρρος (?) Berl.Sitzb. 1888.885, cf. ὁμορέω: ὁ:—
  • boundary, landmark, ἀμφʼ οὔροισι δύʼ ἀνέρε δηριάασθον Il. 12.421; λίθον . ., τόν ῥʼ ἄνδρες πρότεροι θέσαν ἔμμεναι οὖρον ἀρούρης 21.405; ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων ὥσπερ ἐν μεταιχμίῳ ὅ. κατέστην Sol. ap. Arist. Ath. 12.5: the regions separated by the boundary are usu. in gen., οὖρος τῆς Μηδικῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῆς Λυδικῆς Hdt. 1.72, etc.: in dat., οὐδεὶς ὅρος ἐκ θεῶν χρηστοῖς οὐδὲ κακοῖς E. HF 669 (lyr.): with a single gen., ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν ὅρον A. Pr. 790; γάμου ὅ. the time within which one may marry, Pl. Lg. 785b; οἱ ὅ. τῶν διαστημάτων the notes which limit the intervals in the musical scale, Id. Phlb. 17d, cf. Aristox. Harm. pp. 49,56 M.; ὅροι τρεῖς ἁρμονίας . ., νεάτης τε καὶ ὑπάτης καὶ μέσης Pl. R. 443d; ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ προτίθημι I set the limit of human life at seventy years, Hdt. 1.32, cf. 74, 216; ζωᾶς ὅρον ἡμετέρας B. 5.144: abs., εἰς τὸν τόπον . ., ἐν οἷς ἂν . . ὅρους θῶνται τῶν ὠνίων wherever (they) appoint fixed places for trading, Pl. Lg. 849e; decision of a magistrate, ὅρον δώσω PThead. 15.20 (iii A.D.); so ὅρον προσγράψαι D. 23.40; ὅρους τοῖς βαρβάροις πήξαντες Lycurg. 73; εἷς ὅρος παγήσεται Th. 4.92; τὸν ὅρον ὑπερβάντες Pl. R. 373d, etc.: also in pl., bounds, boundaries, ἐν οὔροισι χώρης Hdt. 4.52, cf. 125; τοὺς Αἰγυπτίων οὔρους Id. 2.17; ὑπὸ Κυλλάνας ὅροις Pi. O. 6.77; γῆς ἐπʼ ἐσχάτοις ὅροις A. Pr. 666; τὸ ἀκόντιον ἔξω τῶν ὅ. τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας . . ἐξενεχθὲν ἔτρωσεν αὐτόν Antipho 3.2.4; ἐντὸς ὅρων Ἡρακλείων Pl. Ti. 25c.
      • 2 metaph., ὅροι θεσπεσίας ὁδοῦ A. Ag. 1154 (lyr.); θῆλυς ὅ. the boundary of a womanʼs mind, v. ἐπινέμω II.3.
    • II memorial stone or pillar, Hdt. 1.93: esp.
        • b pillar (whether inscribed or not, cf. Harp.) set up on mortgaged property, to serve as a bond or register of the debt, Sol. 36; ὅπως . . ὅροι τεθεῖεν Is. 6.36: with gen. of the amount, τίθησιν ὅρους ἐπὶ μὲν τὴν οἰκίαν δισχιλίων (sc. δραχμῶν), ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ χωρίον ταλάντου D. 31.1, cf. 25.69; δανείζειν τοὺς ἱερέας . . ἐπὶ χωρίῳ . . καὶ ὅρον ἐφιστάναι IG 2(2).1183.29, cf. D. 41.6, Thphr. Char. 10.9: specimens are IG 12(7).412 (Amorgos), 2(2).2642, al.
        • c boundary-stone marking the limits of temple-lands, ὅ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ ib. 1(2).858, cf. 860, 2(2).2597, al.; ὅρος· μὴ τοιχοδομεῖν ἐντὸς τῶν ὅρων ἰδιώτην ib. 7.422 (Orop.), cf. 1785 (Thesp.), etc.; ὅ. κρήνης, λεσχέων δημοσίων, ὁδοῦ, etc., ib. 1(2).874, 888, 877, etc.; similarly, ὅ. σήματος ib. 903, al., 2(2).2568, al.; ὅ. μνημάτων ib. 1(2).906; ὅ. μνήματος ib. 2(2).2527, al.; ὅ. θήκης ib. 2586, al.
    • III standard, measure, ἢν δʼ ἄγαν δοκῶ χρονίζειν . . Answ. τοῦδʼ ὅ. τίς ἐστί μοι; E. IT 1219; ὅροι τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ κανόνες D. 18.296; rule, canon, εἷς ὅρος, μία βροτοῖσίν ἐστιν εὐτυχίας ὁδός B. Fr. 7; ὅρον πολιτείας ὁλιγαρχικῆς ταξάμενοι πλῆθος χρημάτων Pl. R. 551a; ἀριστοκρατίας ὅρος ἀρετή, ὀλιγαρχίας πλοῦτος Arist. Pol. 1294a10; ὁμολογίᾳ θέμενοι ὅρον, εἰς τοῦτο ἀποβλέποντες καὶ ἀναφέροντες τὴν σκέψιν ποιώμεθα Pl. Phdr. 237d: hence, end, aim, ἕνʼ ὅ. θέμενος παντὶ τρόπῳ μʼ ἀνελεῖν D. 21.105.
    • IV in Logic, term of a proposition (whether subject or predicate), Arist. APr. 24b16, Cael. 282a1, al.; ὅ. μέσος the middle term, Id. EN 1142b24, cf. APr. 25b33 sq.: hence,
        • b definition, ἔστι ὅ. λόγος ὁ τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι σημαίνων Id. Top. 101b39, cf. 139a24, al.; defined as ἡ τοῦ ἰδίου ἀπόδοσις Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.75: in pl., title of pseudo-Platonic work.
        • c premiss of a syllogism, ὅ. κατηγορικοί, στερητικοί, Arist. APr. 29a21, cf. 31b33, al.
      • 2 Math., term of a ratio or proportion, Archyt. 2, Arist. EN 1131b5 sqq., Euc. 5Def. 8, Nicom. Ar. 1.8.
      • 3 pl., terms, conditions, συνθέσθαι πρός τινα ἐπὶ ὅροις, ὥστε . . CPR 19.8 (iv A.D.).
      • 4 Astrol., οἱ τρεῖς ὅ. the three terms, used in various calculations, Vett.Val.304.1, al. (Spir. lenis in some dialects which have not lost spir. asper is inferred from absence of a sign for h in Corc. ὄρϝος, Arg. ὦρος, Heracl. ὄρος, cf. ἄντορος.)

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