Strong G3724ὁρίζω
to determine
- Transliteration
- horizō
- Pronunciation
- hor-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3725; to mark out or bound (horizon) that is (figuratively) to appoint decree specify: - declare determine limit ordain.
Detailed definition
ὁρίζω
(ὅρος, a boundary), [in LXX for אָסַר, גְּבוּל, etc.;]
1. to separate, mark off by boundaries (so Num.34:6, Jhn.13:27).
2. to determine, appoint, designate: of time, with accusative, Act.17:26, Heb.4:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.17:31; with inf., Act.11:29; pass., Luk.22:22, Act.2:23 10:42, Rom.1:4 (cf. ὀφ-, ἀπο- δι-, τρο-ορίζω),†
(AS)
(ὅρος, a boundary), [in LXX for אָסַר, גְּבוּל, etc.;]
1. to separate, mark off by boundaries (so Num.34:6, Jhn.13:27).
2. to determine, appoint, designate: of time, with accusative, Act.17:26, Heb.4:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.17:31; with inf., Act.11:29; pass., Luk.22:22, Act.2:23 10:42, Rom.1:4 (cf. ὀφ-, ἀπο- δι-, τρο-ορίζω),†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3724 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- determine3
- ordain2
- declare1
- determinate1
- limiteth1
First verses
- Luke 22:22And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
- Acts 10:42And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
- Acts 11:29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:
- Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
- Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
- Romans 1:4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
- Hebrews 4:7Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὁρίζω,
Ionic dialect οὐρ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below))]: future ὁριῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 5b5, (δι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.174)]: aorist ὥρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 452, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 864e)]; Ionic dialect οὔρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142)]: perfect ὥρικα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.24, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 382a19)]:—middle, future -ιοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190e, “Lg.” 737d)]: aorist ὡρισάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 148a, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.18, etc.)]:—passive, future ὁρισθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158d)]: aorist ὡρίσθην [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 171a)]: perfect ὥρισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182a, etc.)]; but in middle sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 801, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.5)]: (ὅρος):—divide or separate from, as a border or boundary, c.accusative et dative, ὁ Νεῖλος ὁ τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζων τῇ Λιβύῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.16: with _accusative_ et _genitive_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 636)]:—passive, θύρᾳ βαλανωτῇ ὡρισμένην ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνδρωνίτιδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.5)]; or
b with two accusatives joined by καί, separate, [λίμνη] οὐρίζει τήν τε Σκυθικὴν καὶ τὴν Νευρίδα γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.51, compare 56, 7.123, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b16, “OGI” 335.112 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1289, etc.; ἐὰν.. κύκλος.. ὁρίζῃ τό τε ἀφανὲς καὶ τὸ φανερὸν ἡμισφαίριον 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus “Sph.” 4: hence ὁρίζων κύκλος [prev. author] 1.1)]; see at {ὁρίζων}.
c delimit, χρὴ τὸν νόμον ὁρίζειν πειρᾶσθαι κατὰ μέρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 944a.)]
2 bound, τὴν ἀρχὴν ὥριζεν αὐτῷ ἡ Ἐρυθρὰ θάλαττα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.21; τὰ δὲ πρὸς Τριβαλλοὺς.. Τρῆρες ὥριζον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96)]; of a line (or surface) as limiting a surface (or solid), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1017b17)]:—passive, Εὔβοια.. ὅροις ὑγροῖσιν ὡρισμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 295: _metaphorically_, ὡρίσθω μέχρι τοῦδε)] so far let it go and no further, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71.)]
3 pass between or through, διδύμους πέτρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 433 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 part, divide, χειμὼν ἄλλοσ᾽ ἄλλον ὥρισεν [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 128)]; ὁ. τινὰ ἀπὸ.. banish one from.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 941 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, ματρὸς ἐκ χερῶν ὁ. depart from.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 1459 (Lyric poetry))], but very uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 202; compare ἐξορίζω (A) 11, 111.)]
II mark out by boundaries, mark out, βωμὸν ἱδρύσατο καὶ τέμενος περὶ αὐτὸν οὔρισε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142, compare 6.108, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 754, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1670, “IG” 12.76.54, 42(1).76.19 (_passive_, Epid., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; see infr. IV. 1: metaphorically, ὁ. τι ἔς τι limit one thing according to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82.)]
II.2 trace out as a boundary, πόρον (of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (10 tracing out the Bosporus), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 546 (Lyric poetry).)]
III ordain, determine, lay down, αἶσα τόνδε σοὐρίζει (i.e. σοι ὁρίζει) μόρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 927 (σοι πορίζει M 1, σ᾽ ὁ. M 2); ἡμῖν ὥρισεν σωτηρίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 979; ἐς τήνδε παῖδα ψῆφον ὥρισαν φόνου [prev. author] “Hec.” 259; ἡ Δίκη.. ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ὥρισεν νόμους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 452; [τὸν χρόνον] ὁ νόμος ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 864e; ἀριθμὸς ὁ ὁρίζων τὸ πολὺ καὶ τὸ ὀλίγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.36; τὸ δοῦλον γένος πρὸς τὴν ἐλάσσω μοῖραν ὥρισεν θεός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 218; ὁρίσατέ μοι μέχρι πόσων ἐτῶν δεῖ νομίζειν νέους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.35)]: with infinitive, ἄνακτες ὥρισαν.. θανεῖν ἐμὴν δέσποιναν οὐ ψήφῳ μιᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1222, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 24)]; ὁ. τινὰ θεόν determine one to be a god, deify, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 12.158.7 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ὁ. θάνατον εἶναι τὴν ζημίαν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 65, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.61 (_middle_))]; θάνατον ὡρικέναι τὴν ζημίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.24)]:—passive, ὧραι ἑκάστοις εἰσὶν ὡρισμέναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542a19, etc.)]; ἐπί τισι ὡρισμένοις on certain definite terms (compare ῥητός), [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1285b22)]; ἀρχαὶ ἀριθμῷ ὡρισμέναι limited, definite, opposed to ἄπειροι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1002b18; τόποι ὡ. [prev. author] “Cael.” 273 a14; τὸ ὡρισμένον [prev. author] “Mete.” 369b29.)]
III.2 define a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 171a (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.4, +others: more frequently in)]middle than active,[Refs (see infr. IV. 3.)]
IV middle, mark out for oneself, τίνα ὅρον ὁρίζῃ what criterion do you assign, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 470b)]; στήλας ὁ. set up stones as boundary marks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.13; ὁ. χθόνα)]take possession of, take to oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 256; γαῖα.. ἣν Πέλοψ ὁρίζεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696; ὁ. ἑαυτῷ μέρος τῆς οὐσίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 17.6)]: with infinitive added, ἱερὸν ὡρίσαντ᾽ ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 969; ὁρίζεσθαι βωμούς)]set up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 237 (just like{ὁρίζειν} [prev. work] 754))]; see at {ὕπαστρος}.
IV.2 determine for oneself, get or have a thing determined, ἃ ὡρίσω σὺ δίκαια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.241, compare variant in 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.19: with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, αὐτὸν πολεμεῖν ὁρίζομαι I lay it down that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.19)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὡρίσαντο καὶ τίνος γένους εἶναι τὸ φυτό; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.18.)]
IV.3 define a thing, τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀγαθὸν ὁ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 505c, compare “Sph.” 246b; ὁ. τὰς ἀρετὰς ἀπαθείας τινάς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104b24, +others; ἡδονῇ τε καὶ ἀγαθῷ ὁ. τὸ καλόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 475a; τὸ ζῆν ὁ. δυνάμει αἰσθήσεως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1170a16, +others)]: with accusative et infinitive, ὁ. δικαίους εἶναι τοὺς εἰδότας κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190e, etc.)]:— passive, to be defined, [ἡ αἰδὼς] ὁρίζεται φόβος τις ἀδοξίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1128b11)]; οἷς αἱ φιλίαι ὁρίζονται[Refs ([prev. work] 1166a2; τὸ ὁριζόμενον [prev. author] “Top.” 141b24, +others)]
V intransitive, border upon, πλὴν ὅσον αὐτῆς πρὸς τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42.)]
VI as Attic dialect law-term, δισχιλίων ὡρισμένος τὴν οἰκίαν having the house marked with ὅροι (compare ὅρος II) to secure a claim on it for [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2, 000 drachmas, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.5; so χωρίον ὡρισμένον 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.9.)]
Ionic dialect οὐρ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below))]: future ὁριῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 5b5, (δι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.174)]: aorist ὥρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 452, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 864e)]; Ionic dialect οὔρισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142)]: perfect ὥρικα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.24, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 382a19)]:—middle, future -ιοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190e, “Lg.” 737d)]: aorist ὡρισάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 148a, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.18, etc.)]:—passive, future ὁρισθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158d)]: aorist ὡρίσθην [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 171a)]: perfect ὥρισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182a, etc.)]; but in middle sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 801, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.5)]: (ὅρος):—divide or separate from, as a border or boundary, c.accusative et dative, ὁ Νεῖλος ὁ τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζων τῇ Λιβύῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.16: with _accusative_ et _genitive_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 636)]:—passive, θύρᾳ βαλανωτῇ ὡρισμένην ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνδρωνίτιδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.5)]; or
b with two accusatives joined by καί, separate, [λίμνη] οὐρίζει τήν τε Σκυθικὴν καὶ τὴν Νευρίδα γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.51, compare 56, 7.123, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b16, “OGI” 335.112 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1289, etc.; ἐὰν.. κύκλος.. ὁρίζῃ τό τε ἀφανὲς καὶ τὸ φανερὸν ἡμισφαίριον 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus “Sph.” 4: hence ὁρίζων κύκλος [prev. author] 1.1)]; see at {ὁρίζων}.
c delimit, χρὴ τὸν νόμον ὁρίζειν πειρᾶσθαι κατὰ μέρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 944a.)]
2 bound, τὴν ἀρχὴν ὥριζεν αὐτῷ ἡ Ἐρυθρὰ θάλαττα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.21; τὰ δὲ πρὸς Τριβαλλοὺς.. Τρῆρες ὥριζον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96)]; of a line (or surface) as limiting a surface (or solid), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1017b17)]:—passive, Εὔβοια.. ὅροις ὑγροῖσιν ὡρισμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 295: _metaphorically_, ὡρίσθω μέχρι τοῦδε)] so far let it go and no further, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71.)]
3 pass between or through, διδύμους πέτρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 433 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 part, divide, χειμὼν ἄλλοσ᾽ ἄλλον ὥρισεν [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 128)]; ὁ. τινὰ ἀπὸ.. banish one from.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 941 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, ματρὸς ἐκ χερῶν ὁ. depart from.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 1459 (Lyric poetry))], but very uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 202; compare ἐξορίζω (A) 11, 111.)]
II mark out by boundaries, mark out, βωμὸν ἱδρύσατο καὶ τέμενος περὶ αὐτὸν οὔρισε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142, compare 6.108, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 754, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1670, “IG” 12.76.54, 42(1).76.19 (_passive_, Epid., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; see infr. IV. 1: metaphorically, ὁ. τι ἔς τι limit one thing according to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82.)]
II.2 trace out as a boundary, πόρον (of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (10 tracing out the Bosporus), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 546 (Lyric poetry).)]
III ordain, determine, lay down, αἶσα τόνδε σοὐρίζει (i.e. σοι ὁρίζει) μόρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 927 (σοι πορίζει M 1, σ᾽ ὁ. M 2); ἡμῖν ὥρισεν σωτηρίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 979; ἐς τήνδε παῖδα ψῆφον ὥρισαν φόνου [prev. author] “Hec.” 259; ἡ Δίκη.. ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ὥρισεν νόμους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 452; [τὸν χρόνον] ὁ νόμος ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 864e; ἀριθμὸς ὁ ὁρίζων τὸ πολὺ καὶ τὸ ὀλίγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.36; τὸ δοῦλον γένος πρὸς τὴν ἐλάσσω μοῖραν ὥρισεν θεός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 218; ὁρίσατέ μοι μέχρι πόσων ἐτῶν δεῖ νομίζειν νέους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.35)]: with infinitive, ἄνακτες ὥρισαν.. θανεῖν ἐμὴν δέσποιναν οὐ ψήφῳ μιᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1222, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 24)]; ὁ. τινὰ θεόν determine one to be a god, deify, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 12.158.7 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ὁ. θάνατον εἶναι τὴν ζημίαν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 65, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.61 (_middle_))]; θάνατον ὡρικέναι τὴν ζημίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.24)]:—passive, ὧραι ἑκάστοις εἰσὶν ὡρισμέναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542a19, etc.)]; ἐπί τισι ὡρισμένοις on certain definite terms (compare ῥητός), [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1285b22)]; ἀρχαὶ ἀριθμῷ ὡρισμέναι limited, definite, opposed to ἄπειροι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1002b18; τόποι ὡ. [prev. author] “Cael.” 273 a14; τὸ ὡρισμένον [prev. author] “Mete.” 369b29.)]
III.2 define a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 171a (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.4, +others: more frequently in)]middle than active,[Refs (see infr. IV. 3.)]
IV middle, mark out for oneself, τίνα ὅρον ὁρίζῃ what criterion do you assign, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 470b)]; στήλας ὁ. set up stones as boundary marks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.13; ὁ. χθόνα)]take possession of, take to oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 256; γαῖα.. ἣν Πέλοψ ὁρίζεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696; ὁ. ἑαυτῷ μέρος τῆς οὐσίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 17.6)]: with infinitive added, ἱερὸν ὡρίσαντ᾽ ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 969; ὁρίζεσθαι βωμούς)]set up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 237 (just like{ὁρίζειν} [prev. work] 754))]; see at {ὕπαστρος}.
IV.2 determine for oneself, get or have a thing determined, ἃ ὡρίσω σὺ δίκαια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.241, compare variant in 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.19: with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, αὐτὸν πολεμεῖν ὁρίζομαι I lay it down that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.19)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὡρίσαντο καὶ τίνος γένους εἶναι τὸ φυτό; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.18.)]
IV.3 define a thing, τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀγαθὸν ὁ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 505c, compare “Sph.” 246b; ὁ. τὰς ἀρετὰς ἀπαθείας τινάς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104b24, +others; ἡδονῇ τε καὶ ἀγαθῷ ὁ. τὸ καλόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 475a; τὸ ζῆν ὁ. δυνάμει αἰσθήσεως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1170a16, +others)]: with accusative et infinitive, ὁ. δικαίους εἶναι τοὺς εἰδότας κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190e, etc.)]:— passive, to be defined, [ἡ αἰδὼς] ὁρίζεται φόβος τις ἀδοξίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1128b11)]; οἷς αἱ φιλίαι ὁρίζονται[Refs ([prev. work] 1166a2; τὸ ὁριζόμενον [prev. author] “Top.” 141b24, +others)]
V intransitive, border upon, πλὴν ὅσον αὐτῆς πρὸς τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42.)]
VI as Attic dialect law-term, δισχιλίων ὡρισμένος τὴν οἰκίαν having the house marked with ὅροι (compare ὅρος II) to secure a claim on it for [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2, 000 drachmas, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 31.5; so χωρίον ὡρισμένον 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.9.)]