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ὡραῖος

ὡραῖος, produced at the right season (subst. ἡ ὡραία harvest time)

ὡραῖος, α, ον,
  • produced at the right season (ὥρα), seasonable, timely: esp. of the fruits of the earth, βίος or βίοτος ὡ. store of fruits gathered in due season, Hes. Op. 32, 307; ὡ. καρποί the fruits of the season, καρποὺς . . κατατίθεσθαι ὡραίους to store them up in season, Hdt. 1.202: freq. in neut., ὡραῖα, τά, Th. 1.120, 3.58, X. An. 5.3.9, Pl. Lg. 845e; ἑραίως τὰ ὡραῖα ἀποδιδόναι Hp. Aph. 3.8; ὡραῖα . . ἀποτελεῖν ἱερά to render fruits of the season as sacred offerings, Pl. Criti. 116c, cf. Orac. ap. D. 21.52; τρωκτὰ ὡ. X. An. 5.3.12; ἄνθεα AP 9.564 (Nicias); σῦκα Aret. CD 1.3; also of animals, ὡ. ἄρνες yearling, AP 6.157 (Theodorid.); of tunnies at a year old (from six months to one year they were called πηλαμύδες), πηλαμὺς . . ὡραία θέρους τῷ Βοσπορίτῃ S. Fr. 503; ὡ. θύννοι Ps.-Hes. ap. Ath. 3.116b, cf. Hices. ib. 116e, Archestr. Fr. 38.9, Plaut. Capt. 851; τάριχος ὡ. fish salted or pickled in the season, Alex. 186.5; ἰχθύες ἐς τάγηνον ὡ. Babr. 6.4; σαργάναι ὡ. pickling-tubs, Poll. 7.27: hence generally, agricultural produce, εἶναι ἐνεχυρασίαν Αἰξωνεῦσιν ἐκ τῶν ὡ. τῶν ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου IG 2(2).2492.8 (iv B. C.).
      • 2 τὰ ὡραῖα, = τὰ καταμήνια, esp. at their first appearance, Hp. Superf. 34.
      • 3 Subst. ἡ ὡραία (in full, ὥρη ἡ ὡραίη Aret. SD 1.4, Phryn. PS p.128 B., etc.), harvest-time, esp. the twenty days before and twenty days after the rising of the dog-star, μίμνει ἐς ὡραίην till harvest-time, A.R. 3.1390.
        • b the campaigning-season, during which the troops kept the field, D. 9.48, 56.30, Plb. 3.16.7.
        • c τὴν μὲν ὡραίην οὐκ ὕει it does not rain in the season (sc. of rain), Hdt. 4.28.
    • II happening or done in due season, seasonable, ἄροτος, ἔργον, Hes. Op. 617.642; πλόος ib. 630; χειμῶνες Thphr. HP 4.14.1; ὕδατα Id. CP 2.2.1; σκαπάνη ib. 3.16.1; τομὴ [καλάμου] Id. HP 4.11.4; ὅτε ὡραῖον εἴη when the weather permitted, App. Pun. 120.
      • 2 metaph., (ὥρα (C) B) seasonable, due, proper, ὡραίων τυχεῖν, = νομίμων τυχεῖν (cf. ὥριος (A). III.2), E. Supp. 175: ἐν ὡραί[ᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ] dub. in SIG 668.4 (Delphi, ii B. C.); ἐνιαύτια ὡ. ib. 1025.37 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.), cf. Hsch.
    • III of persons, seasonable or ripe for a thing, c. gen., ἀνδρὸς ὡραίη Hdt. 1.107, cf. Lys. Fr. 4; γάμων or γάμου ὡραῖαι, Hdt. 1.196, 6.122, cf. X. Cyr. 4.6.9; ἐς ἥβην ὡραίαν γάμων E. Hel. 12 (ὡραίων codd.); ὅστις οὐκέθʼ ὡραῖος γαμεῖ Id. Fr. 804; ὡ. γάμος seasonable marriage, A. Fr. 55; also of old persons, ripe or ready for death, πατήρ γε μὴν ὡ. E. Alc. 516; αὐτὸς δʼ, ἐν ὠ. γὰρ ἕσταμεν βίῳ, θνῄσκειν ἕτοιμος Id. Ph. 968; θάνατος ὡ. X. Ages. 10.3; σορός Ar. V. 1365; ὡραῖος ἀποτέθνηκεν Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.178e; so ὕλη ὡ. τέμνεσθαι Thphr. HP 5.1.1.
      • 2 in reference to age, in the prime of life, youthful, Hes. Op. 695: hence in the bloom of youth, opp. ἄωρος, X. Smp. 8.21, Pl. R. 574c; ὡ. ἐὼν καὶ καλός Pi. O. 9.94; παιδίσκη ὡραιοτάτη Ar. Ach. 1148 (anap.), cf. Ra. 291, 514; παῖς ὡραῖος Id. Av. 138: but not necessarily implying beauty, τοῖς τῶν ὡραίων προσώποις, καλῶν δὲ μή Pl. R. 601b; ἄνευ κάλλους ὡραῖοι Arist. Rh. 1406b37; cf. ὥρα (C) B. II.
      • 3 generally, of things, beautiful, graceful, LXX Ge. 3.6, 2 Ch. 36.19, Ev.Matt. 23.27; ἡ ὡ. πύλη τοῦ ἱεροῦ Act.Ap. 3.10, cf. 3.2.
    • IV irreg. Sup. ὡραιέστατος Epich. 186d.
    • V Adv. ὡραίως Hp. Aph. 3.8.

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