Strong G5610ὥρα
hour
- Transliteration
- hōra
- Pronunciation
- ho'-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; an hour (literally or figuratively): - day hour instant season X short [even-] tide (high) time.
Detailed definition
ὥρα, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה;]
1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.).
2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Mat.24:36, Mrk.13:32, Act.10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 215; Bl., §34, 8), Jhn.4:52, Act.10:3, 30 1Co.15:30, Rev.3:3; accusative of duration, Mat.20:12 26, Mrk.14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν, for a season, for a time, Jhn.5:35, 2Co.7:8, Gal.2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, for a short season (ICC, in l.), 1Th.2:17.
3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Mat.26:45; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.1:10 14:17, Rev.3:10, al.; with genitive of person(s), Luk.22:53, Jhn.2:4 7:30, al.; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα, 1Co.4:11; ἐσχάτη ὥ., 1Jn.2:18; before ὅτε, Jhn.4:21, 23 5:25 16:25; ἵνα, Jhn.12:23, al.; with accusative and inf., Rom.13:11 (cf. DB, ext., 475b 476b).
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה;]
1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.).
2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of day or night, an hour: Mat.24:36, Mrk.13:32, Act.10:3, al.; accus. in ans. to "when"? (M, Pr., 63, 215; Bl., §34, 8), Jhn.4:52, Act.10:3, 30 1Co.15:30, Rev.3:3; accusative of duration, Mat.20:12 26, Mrk.14:37; inexactly, πρὸς ὥραν, for a season, for a time, Jhn.5:35, 2Co.7:8, Gal.2:5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, for a short season (ICC, in l.), 1Th.2:17.
3. A definite point of time, time, hour: Mat.26:45; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.1:10 14:17, Rev.3:10, al.; with genitive of person(s), Luk.22:53, Jhn.2:4 7:30, al.; ἡ ἄρτι ὥρα, 1Co.4:11; ἐσχάτη ὥ., 1Jn.2:18; before ὅτε, Jhn.4:21, 23 5:25 16:25; ἵνα, Jhn.12:23, al.; with accusative and inf., Rom.13:11 (cf. DB, ext., 475b 476b).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5610 appears in 100 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hour83
- time11
- the9
- season3
- at1
- day1
- in1
- instant1
- short1
First verses
- Matthew 8:13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
- Matthew 9:22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- Matthew 10:19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
- Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
- Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Matthew 17:18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
- Matthew 18:1At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
- Matthew 20:3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
- Matthew 20:5Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
- Matthew 20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
- Matthew 20:9And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
- Matthew 20:12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
- Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
- Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Matthew 24:50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
- Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
- Matthew 26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
- Matthew 26:45Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- Matthew 26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὥρα,
CIonic dialect ὥρη, ἡ: Epic dialect genitive plural ὡράων, Ionic dialect ὡρέων: locative plural ὥρασι, (which see) any period, fixed by natural laws and revolutions, whether of the year, month, or day (the sense 'day' is implied in the compound ἑπτάωρος, which see), νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.4, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 449 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 527d; τοῦ γνώμονος ἡ σκιὰ ἐπιοῦσα ἐπὶ τὰς γραμμὰς σημαίνει τὰς ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας “IG” 12(8).240 (from Samothrace): but specially,)]
C.I in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], part of the year, season; mostly in plural, the seasons, ὅτε τέτρατον ἦλθεν ἔτος καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.107, 19.152; ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο, ἂψ περιτελλομένου ἔτεος, καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι 11.295, 14.294; ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δή ῥ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸς ἔην, περὶ δ᾽ ἔτραπον ὧραι 10.469, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 58; Διὸς ὧραι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.344, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.2; ὁ κύκλος τῶν ὡρέων ἐς τὠυτὸ περιιών 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.4, compare 1.32; δυώδεκα μέρεα δασαμένους τῶν ὡρέων ἐς [τὸν ἐνιαυτόν] [prev. author] 2.4)]; οὐ μεταλλάσσουσι αἱ ὧραι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 77; περιτελλομέναις ὥραις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 156 (Lyric poetry))]; πάσαις ὥραις at all seasons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 592.6 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 696 (_anapaest meter_); ὧραι ἐτῶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 906c, compare “Smp.” 188a, etc.; τῆς.. ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ταύτης οὔσης, ἐν ᾗ ἀσθενοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι μάλιστα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.47)]; χαλεπὴ ὥ. a bad season, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344d; ἀ δ᾽ ὤρα χαλέπα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39)]; ἡ ὥ. αὕτη this season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.1, compare 5.6)]; κατὰ τὰς ὥρας according to the seasons, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 786a31; οἱ περὶ τὴν ὥραν χρόνοι [prev. author] “Pol.” 1335a37.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus distinguish three seasons, and express each by the _sing._ ὥρη, with a word added to specify each:)]
C.I.a spring, ἔαρος.. ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.148; ὥρη εἰαρινή 2.471, 16.643, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.367, etc.)]; so in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἦρος ὥρα or ὧραι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1008 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 508 (Lyric poetry); ὥρα νέα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 419; νεᾶνις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 786 (Lyric poetry); see below 2.)]
C.I.b summer, θέρεος ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 584, 664; ὥρα θερινή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987a, etc.)]
C.I.c winter, χείματος ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 450; ὥρῃ χειμερίῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.485, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 494)]; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ in winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.137; χιονοβόλος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.182e.— 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] also names three seasons, [Refs (“Pr.” 454s q.)]; an Egyptian division of the year, accusative to [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.26.)]—A fourth first appears in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 76)], θέρος καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ϝῆ; and in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.68, χειμών, ἦρ, θέρος, φθινόπωρο; ὥρας φαίνομεν ἡμεῖς ἦρος χειμῶνος ὀπώρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 709 (_anapaest meter_))]; τετράμορφοι ὧραι E(?).[Refs (“fragment” 943 (hexameters))]: later, seven seasons are named, ἔαρ, θέρος, ὀπώρα, φθινόπωρον, σπορητός, χειμών, φυταλιά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).17.)]
C.I.2 especially prime of the year, springtime, ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.51, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.468; παρὰ τὴν καθεστηκυῖαν ὥραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.6.)]
C.I.2.b in historians, the campaigning season, τὸν τῆς ὥρας εἰς τὸν περίπλουν χρόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.13)]; especially in the phrase ὥρα ἔτους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.52, 6.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229a, “Lg.” 952e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.23.2)]; εἰς ἔτους ὥραν next season, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 10.)]
C.I.3 the year generally, τῆς ὥρης μέσον θέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12)]; ἐν τῇ πέρυσιν ὥρᾳ last year, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.3)]; εἰς ὥρας next year, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 116, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 346c, LXX.Gen.18.10, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.17 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 22; also εἰς ἄλλας ὥρας)]hereafter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 122 (Lyric poetry); ἐς τὰς ὥρας τὰς ἑτέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 562 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν εἰς τὰς ὥρας [prev. author] “Th.” 950 (_anapaest meter_))]; κἠς ὥρας κἤπειτα next year and for ever, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.74; also ὥραις ἐξ ὡρᾶν 3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 25)]; compare ὥρασιν.
C.I.4 in plural, of the climate of a country, as determined by its seasons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142, compare 149, 4.199)] (here perhaps three harvest seasons); τὰς ὥ. κάλλιστα κεκρημένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.106; compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111e, “Phd.” 111b)]; climatic conditions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26.)]
C.II time of day, νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 67, 155, 400)]; αἱ ὧ. τῆς ἡμέρας the times of day, i.e. morning, noon, evening, and night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.4)]; δι᾽ ὥραν ἡμέρας by the time of day (fixed for meetings), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 49, etc.; πᾶσαν ὥ. τῆς ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 371b31; μεσονυκτίοις ποθ᾽ ὥραις “Anacreontea” 31.1: without ἡμέρας)] or νυκτός, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας μέχρι τρίτου μέρους ὥρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 784a; τῆς ὥρας μικρὸν πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.22)]; ψευσθεὶς τῆς ὥ. having mistaken the hour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38)]; ἐποίησαν ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν τὴν ὥραν, i.e. they prolonged the day beyond midnight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.26; τῆς ὥρας ἐγίγνετ᾽ ὀψέ [prev. author] 21.84; ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥ. “PTeb.” 793 xi 12 (2nd c.BC))]; πολλῆς ὥρας it being late, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.8.3; ἤδη ὥρα πολλή NT.Mark.6.35)]; ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας till late in the day, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.54.)]
C.II.b duration, interval or lapse of time, μετὰ ἱκανὴν ὥραν τοῦ κατενεχθῆναι τὸν πέλεκυν ἐξακούεται ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φωνή [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.69)]; length of time, term, Ἄρτεμις ἐννέ᾽ ἐτῶν δεκάδας βίον Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ ἔκχρησεν, τρεῖς δ᾽ ὥραι(date.) ἔτι προσέθηκε Προνοίη [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).1350.3 (Thera, 2nd c.BC))]; ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥ. for a long time, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 8.4.4.)]
C.II.2 the νυχθήμερον was probably first divided into twenty-four hours by [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus, ἐν πόσαις ὥραις ἰσημεριναῖς)] (equinoctial hours) ἕκαστον τῶν ἄστρων ἢ δύνει ἢ ἀνατέλλει [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2.4.5, compare 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 3.9, 4.9, +others)]
C.II.2.b in ordinary life the day from sunrise to sunset was divided into twelve equal parts called ὧραι (ὧραι καιρικαί when it was necessary to distinguish them from the ὧραι ἰσημεριναί, see at {καιρικός} 2 c), ἡμέρα ἡ.. δωδεκάωρος, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μέχρι δύσεως [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.182; οὐχὶ δώδεκά εἰσιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρα; NT.John.11.9; ὡράων ἀμφὶ δυωδεκάδι “Anthologia Graeca” 9.782 (6th c.AD: Paulus Silentiarius Epigrammaticus))]; the time of day was commonly given without the Article, ὥρᾳ ᾱ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PHamb.” 1.96.3 (2nd c.AD))], τρίτης ὥρας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 12)]; ὀγδόης, ἐνάτης, δεκάτης ὥ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Alex.” 60, “Aem.” 22, “Ant.” 68, etc.)]; but we have περὶ τὴν τρίτην ὥραν, περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην, [NT+1st c.BC+ (NT.Matt.20.3, 6, beside περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐννάτην ὥ. [prev. work] 5; χθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην NT.John.4.52, compare “IG” 5(1).1390.109 (Andania, 1st c.BC), etc.)]; ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι.. αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ ¯ -to-morrow the 15th at 9 o'clock, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 110 (2nd c.AD): proverbial, δωδεκάτης ὥ.,)] as we say 'at the eleventh hour', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 17.)]
C.II.2.c τὰ δυώδεκα μέρεα τῆς ἡμέρης παρὰ Βαβυλωνίων ἔμαθον οἱ Ἕλληνες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.109; here ἡμέρη means the νυχθήμερον, and the μέρεα were each = 2)] ὧραι ἰσημερινα; these double hours (Assyr. kaš-bu) are called ὧραι by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus, ἥμισυ ζῳδίου.., ὅ ἐστιν ὥρας ἥμισυ “Ars” 14.11, compare 16.2; compare δωδεκάωρος 11.)]
C.III Astrology texts, degree of the zodiac rising at the nativity compare (ὡρονόμος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (11, ὡροσκόπος 11), ὥ. μεροποσπόρος, τεκνοσπόρος, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 4.577, 597)]; ἐξ ὥρης ἐσορῶν Ζεὺς Ἑρμείην Jupiter in the ascendant in aspect with Mercury, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.186, compare 32, +others)]
B the fitting time or season for a thing (mostly without Article, even in Attic dialect), frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below); ὥρα συνάπτει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.247; ὧραι ἐπειγόμεναι [prev. author] “N.” 4.34; ὅταν ὥ. ἥκῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.2)]; but with Article, τῆς ὥ. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyn.” 8.6)]: frequently in later writers, τῆς ὥρας ἐπιγενομένης [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.34.3, etc.)]
B.2 with genitive of things, ὥρη κοίτοιο, μύθων, ὕπνου, the time for bed, tale-telling, or sleep, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.334, 11.379, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; ὥρη δόρποιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.407; περὶ ἀρίστου ὥραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.13; πολυηράτου ἐς γάμου ὥρην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.126; ἐς γάμου ὥρην ἀπικέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; γάμων ἔχειν ὥραν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.32)]; so εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἥκουσα time for a husband, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d)]; ὥρη ἀρότου, ἀμήτου, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 460, 575; μέχρι ἀρότου ὥρης “IG” 7.235.3 (Oropus, 4th c.BC))]; καρπῶν ὧραι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1034 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ ὥρα τῆς ὀχείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 509b20; τοῦ φωλεύειν [prev. work] 579a26, etc.)]; also ὥραν εἶχον παιδεύεσθαι I was of age to.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.28.)]
B.3 ὥρα [ἐστίν] with infinitive, it is time to do a thing, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.330, compare 373)]; so also in Trag. and Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1584, “Heracl.” 288 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361e, 362a; so δοκεῖ οὐχ ὥρα εἶναι καθεύδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.11, compare “HG” 7.2.13 (uncertain reading))]: with accusative et infinitive, ὥρα δ᾽ ἐμπόρους καθιέναι ἄγκυραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 466 (Lyric poetry))]: with dative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 145b)]: in these phrases the infinitive present is almost universal; the aorist, however, occurs in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.428, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 245 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 393 (where also ἐστί is added to ὥρα, as in 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 3, ἀφαιρεῖν ὥρα 'στὶν ἤδη τὰς τραπέζας))]; and the perfect in ὥρα πεπαῦσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.728d)]: sometimes the infinitive must be supplied, οὐδέ τί σε χρή, πρὶν ὥρη, καταλέχθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.394, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 112 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 877)]; ὥρα κἠς οἶκον (i. e. ἰέναι εἰς οἶκον) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.147.)]
B.4 in various adverbial usages, τὴν ὥρην at the right time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 8.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.16: but τὴν ὥ.)] at that hour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 401)]; ταύτην τὴν ὥραν at this season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.1; [ἡ ἶρις] πᾶσαν ὥραν γίγνεται τῆς ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 371b31; δείελον ὥρην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.417)]; ὥραν οὐδενὸς κοινὴν θεῶν at an hour.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 109, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 724, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.9)]; αὐτῆς ὥρας immediately, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PMich.” in “Class.Phil.” 22.255(3rd c.AD))]; ἐν ὥρῃ in due season, in good time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.176, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 242, etc.)]; also αἰεὶ εἰς ὥρας in successive seasons, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.135)]; ἐς τὰς ὥρας for all time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 382 (Lyric poetry compare above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.3) (hence in an acclamation [ε] ἰς ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν)] hurrah for.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 41.29 (3rd-4th c.AD)))]; οἱ ὧδε χέζοντες εἰς ὥ. μὴ ἔλθοιεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Milet.” 2(3) No.406, compare ὥρασ; καθ᾽ ὥραν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.12, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.45.4, compare 3.93.6, etc.; opposed to παρ᾽ ὥρην “Anthologia Graeca” 7.534 (3rd c.BC: Alexander Aetolus Elegiacus or 1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.784b, etc.:— πρὸ τῆς ὥρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.16; πρὸ ὥρας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13; πρὸ ὥρας τελευτῆσαι “IG” 42(1).84.26 (Epid., 1st c.AD))]; πρὶν ὥρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.43 (compare πρίν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4).)]
B.II metaphorically, the spring-time of life, the bloom of youth, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 3.1; ὥραν ἐχούσας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 997, compare “Th.” 13, 535; παῖδας πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 705 (_anapaest meter_); πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474d)]; οὐκ ἐνὥ., ={πρεσβύτερος}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 240d; ἐὰν ἐπὶ ὥρᾳ ᾖ [prev. author] “R.” 474e; ἕως ἂν ἐν ὥρᾳ ὦσι [prev. author] “Men.” 76b)]; παυσαμένου τῆς ὥ. probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 234a; ἀνθεῖν ἐν ὥ. [prev. author] “R.” 475a; τὴν ὥ. διαφυλάξαι ἄβατον τοῖς πονηροῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.58)]; λήγειν ὥρας, opposed to ἀνθεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.131e; ἑς ἐπιγινόμενόν τι τέλος, οἷον τοῖς ἀκμαίοις ἡ ὥρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1174b33, compare 1157a8.)]
B.II.2 frequently involving an idea of beauty, φεῦ φεῦ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ κάλλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1724 (Lyric poetry); ὥρᾳ.. ἡλικίας λαμπρός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54; κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.134, compare [prev. work]158; καλὸς ὥρᾳ τε κεκραμένος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).104, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 837b)]; ἀφ᾽ ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus)]“Tim..” 14,compare [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus)]“Mem..” 1.6.13, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Smp.” 8.21; τὴν ὥ. πεπωληκότες 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.344 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus:)] —then,
B.II.2.b generally, beauty, grace, elegance of style, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.874b, etc.; γλυκύτης καὶ ὥ. 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.3, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Rh.” p.335 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 1.2)]; of beauty in general, χάρις καὶ ὥρα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.128d.)]
B.II.3 Ὥρα personified, like{Ἥβη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.1.)]
B.III ={τὰ ὡραῖα}, the produce of the season, fruits of the year, ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐτρέφοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.1.)]
C personified, αἱὯραι, the Hours, keepers of heaven's cloudgate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.749, 8.393)]; and ministers of the gods,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 433; Ζεῦ, τεαὶ.. Ὧραι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.2)]; especially of Aphrodite, [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 6.5,12)]; also Ὧ. Διονυσιάδες, Καρνειάδες, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 148, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 87)]; three in number, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, daughters of Zeus and Themis, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 901; Ωραι πολυάνθεμοι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.17, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.150, etc.: frequently joined with the Χάριτες, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 194, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 75)]; worshipped at Athens, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.35.1; at Argos, [prev. author] 2.20.5; at Attaleia, “BMus.Inscription” 1044 (1st c.BC).)]
CIonic dialect ὥρη, ἡ: Epic dialect genitive plural ὡράων, Ionic dialect ὡρέων: locative plural ὥρασι, (which see) any period, fixed by natural laws and revolutions, whether of the year, month, or day (the sense 'day' is implied in the compound ἑπτάωρος, which see), νυκτός τε ὥραν καὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.4, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 449 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 527d; τοῦ γνώμονος ἡ σκιὰ ἐπιοῦσα ἐπὶ τὰς γραμμὰς σημαίνει τὰς ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας “IG” 12(8).240 (from Samothrace): but specially,)]
C.I in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], part of the year, season; mostly in plural, the seasons, ὅτε τέτρατον ἦλθεν ἔτος καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.107, 19.152; ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο, ἂψ περιτελλομένου ἔτεος, καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι 11.295, 14.294; ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δή ῥ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸς ἔην, περὶ δ᾽ ἔτραπον ὧραι 10.469, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 58; Διὸς ὧραι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.344, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.2; ὁ κύκλος τῶν ὡρέων ἐς τὠυτὸ περιιών 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.4, compare 1.32; δυώδεκα μέρεα δασαμένους τῶν ὡρέων ἐς [τὸν ἐνιαυτόν] [prev. author] 2.4)]; οὐ μεταλλάσσουσι αἱ ὧραι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 77; περιτελλομέναις ὥραις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 156 (Lyric poetry))]; πάσαις ὥραις at all seasons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 592.6 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 696 (_anapaest meter_); ὧραι ἐτῶν καὶ ἐνιαυτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 906c, compare “Smp.” 188a, etc.; τῆς.. ὥρας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ταύτης οὔσης, ἐν ᾗ ἀσθενοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι μάλιστα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.47)]; χαλεπὴ ὥ. a bad season, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344d; ἀ δ᾽ ὤρα χαλέπα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39)]; ἡ ὥ. αὕτη this season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.1, compare 5.6)]; κατὰ τὰς ὥρας according to the seasons, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 786a31; οἱ περὶ τὴν ὥραν χρόνοι [prev. author] “Pol.” 1335a37.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus distinguish three seasons, and express each by the _sing._ ὥρη, with a word added to specify each:)]
C.I.a spring, ἔαρος.. ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.148; ὥρη εἰαρινή 2.471, 16.643, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.367, etc.)]; so in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἦρος ὥρα or ὧραι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1008 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 508 (Lyric poetry); ὥρα νέα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 419; νεᾶνις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 786 (Lyric poetry); see below 2.)]
C.I.b summer, θέρεος ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 584, 664; ὥρα θερινή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987a, etc.)]
C.I.c winter, χείματος ὥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 450; ὥρῃ χειμερίῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.485, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 494)]; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ in winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.137; χιονοβόλος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.182e.— 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] also names three seasons, [Refs (“Pr.” 454s q.)]; an Egyptian division of the year, accusative to [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.26.)]—A fourth first appears in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 76)], θέρος καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ϝῆ; and in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.68, χειμών, ἦρ, θέρος, φθινόπωρο; ὥρας φαίνομεν ἡμεῖς ἦρος χειμῶνος ὀπώρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 709 (_anapaest meter_))]; τετράμορφοι ὧραι E(?).[Refs (“fragment” 943 (hexameters))]: later, seven seasons are named, ἔαρ, θέρος, ὀπώρα, φθινόπωρον, σπορητός, χειμών, φυταλιά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).17.)]
C.I.2 especially prime of the year, springtime, ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.51, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.468; παρὰ τὴν καθεστηκυῖαν ὥραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.6.)]
C.I.2.b in historians, the campaigning season, τὸν τῆς ὥρας εἰς τὸν περίπλουν χρόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.13)]; especially in the phrase ὥρα ἔτους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.52, 6.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229a, “Lg.” 952e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.23.2)]; εἰς ἔτους ὥραν next season, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 10.)]
C.I.3 the year generally, τῆς ὥρης μέσον θέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12)]; ἐν τῇ πέρυσιν ὥρᾳ last year, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.3)]; εἰς ὥρας next year, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 116, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 346c, LXX.Gen.18.10, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.17 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 22; also εἰς ἄλλας ὥρας)]hereafter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 122 (Lyric poetry); ἐς τὰς ὥρας τὰς ἑτέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 562 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν εἰς τὰς ὥρας [prev. author] “Th.” 950 (_anapaest meter_))]; κἠς ὥρας κἤπειτα next year and for ever, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.74; also ὥραις ἐξ ὡρᾶν 3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 25)]; compare ὥρασιν.
C.I.4 in plural, of the climate of a country, as determined by its seasons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142, compare 149, 4.199)] (here perhaps three harvest seasons); τὰς ὥ. κάλλιστα κεκρημένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.106; compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111e, “Phd.” 111b)]; climatic conditions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26.)]
C.II time of day, νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 67, 155, 400)]; αἱ ὧ. τῆς ἡμέρας the times of day, i.e. morning, noon, evening, and night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.4)]; δι᾽ ὥραν ἡμέρας by the time of day (fixed for meetings), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 49, etc.; πᾶσαν ὥ. τῆς ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 371b31; μεσονυκτίοις ποθ᾽ ὥραις “Anacreontea” 31.1: without ἡμέρας)] or νυκτός, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας μέχρι τρίτου μέρους ὥρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 784a; τῆς ὥρας μικρὸν πρὸ δύντος ἡλίου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.22)]; ψευσθεὶς τῆς ὥ. having mistaken the hour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38)]; ἐποίησαν ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν τὴν ὥραν, i.e. they prolonged the day beyond midnight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.26; τῆς ὥρας ἐγίγνετ᾽ ὀψέ [prev. author] 21.84; ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥ. “PTeb.” 793 xi 12 (2nd c.BC))]; πολλῆς ὥρας it being late, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.8.3; ἤδη ὥρα πολλή NT.Mark.6.35)]; ἄχρι πολλῆς ὥρας till late in the day, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.54.)]
C.II.b duration, interval or lapse of time, μετὰ ἱκανὴν ὥραν τοῦ κατενεχθῆναι τὸν πέλεκυν ἐξακούεται ἡ τῆς πληγῆς φωνή [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.69)]; length of time, term, Ἄρτεμις ἐννέ᾽ ἐτῶν δεκάδας βίον Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ ἔκχρησεν, τρεῖς δ᾽ ὥραι(date.) ἔτι προσέθηκε Προνοίη [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(3).1350.3 (Thera, 2nd c.BC))]; ἐπὶ πολλὴν ὥ. for a long time, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 8.4.4.)]
C.II.2 the νυχθήμερον was probably first divided into twenty-four hours by [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus, ἐν πόσαις ὥραις ἰσημεριναῖς)] (equinoctial hours) ἕκαστον τῶν ἄστρων ἢ δύνει ἢ ἀνατέλλει [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2.4.5, compare 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 3.9, 4.9, +others)]
C.II.2.b in ordinary life the day from sunrise to sunset was divided into twelve equal parts called ὧραι (ὧραι καιρικαί when it was necessary to distinguish them from the ὧραι ἰσημεριναί, see at {καιρικός} 2 c), ἡμέρα ἡ.. δωδεκάωρος, τουτέστιν ἡ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μέχρι δύσεως [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.182; οὐχὶ δώδεκά εἰσιν ὧραι τῆς ἡμέρα; NT.John.11.9; ὡράων ἀμφὶ δυωδεκάδι “Anthologia Graeca” 9.782 (6th c.AD: Paulus Silentiarius Epigrammaticus))]; the time of day was commonly given without the Article, ὥρᾳ ᾱ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PHamb.” 1.96.3 (2nd c.AD))], τρίτης ὥρας [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 12)]; ὀγδόης, ἐνάτης, δεκάτης ὥ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Alex.” 60, “Aem.” 22, “Ant.” 68, etc.)]; but we have περὶ τὴν τρίτην ὥραν, περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην, [NT+1st c.BC+ (NT.Matt.20.3, 6, beside περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐννάτην ὥ. [prev. work] 5; χθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην NT.John.4.52, compare “IG” 5(1).1390.109 (Andania, 1st c.BC), etc.)]; ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι.. αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ ¯ -to-morrow the 15th at 9 o'clock, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 110 (2nd c.AD): proverbial, δωδεκάτης ὥ.,)] as we say 'at the eleventh hour', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 17.)]
C.II.2.c τὰ δυώδεκα μέρεα τῆς ἡμέρης παρὰ Βαβυλωνίων ἔμαθον οἱ Ἕλληνες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.109; here ἡμέρη means the νυχθήμερον, and the μέρεα were each = 2)] ὧραι ἰσημερινα; these double hours (Assyr. kaš-bu) are called ὧραι by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus, ἥμισυ ζῳδίου.., ὅ ἐστιν ὥρας ἥμισυ “Ars” 14.11, compare 16.2; compare δωδεκάωρος 11.)]
C.III Astrology texts, degree of the zodiac rising at the nativity compare (ὡρονόμος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (11, ὡροσκόπος 11), ὥ. μεροποσπόρος, τεκνοσπόρος, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 4.577, 597)]; ἐξ ὥρης ἐσορῶν Ζεὺς Ἑρμείην Jupiter in the ascendant in aspect with Mercury, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.186, compare 32, +others)]
B the fitting time or season for a thing (mostly without Article, even in Attic dialect), frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below); ὥρα συνάπτει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.247; ὧραι ἐπειγόμεναι [prev. author] “N.” 4.34; ὅταν ὥ. ἥκῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.2)]; but with Article, τῆς ὥ. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyn.” 8.6)]: frequently in later writers, τῆς ὥρας ἐπιγενομένης [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.34.3, etc.)]
B.2 with genitive of things, ὥρη κοίτοιο, μύθων, ὕπνου, the time for bed, tale-telling, or sleep, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.334, 11.379, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; ὥρη δόρποιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.407; περὶ ἀρίστου ὥραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.13; πολυηράτου ἐς γάμου ὥρην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.126; ἐς γάμου ὥρην ἀπικέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; γάμων ἔχειν ὥραν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.32)]; so εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἥκουσα time for a husband, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d)]; ὥρη ἀρότου, ἀμήτου, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 460, 575; μέχρι ἀρότου ὥρης “IG” 7.235.3 (Oropus, 4th c.BC))]; καρπῶν ὧραι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1034 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ ὥρα τῆς ὀχείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 509b20; τοῦ φωλεύειν [prev. work] 579a26, etc.)]; also ὥραν εἶχον παιδεύεσθαι I was of age to.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.28.)]
B.3 ὥρα [ἐστίν] with infinitive, it is time to do a thing, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥρη εὕδειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.330, compare 373)]; so also in Trag. and Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1584, “Heracl.” 288 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361e, 362a; so δοκεῖ οὐχ ὥρα εἶναι καθεύδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.11, compare “HG” 7.2.13 (uncertain reading))]: with accusative et infinitive, ὥρα δ᾽ ἐμπόρους καθιέναι ἄγκυραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 466 (Lyric poetry))]: with dative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 145b)]: in these phrases the infinitive present is almost universal; the aorist, however, occurs in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.428, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 245 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 393 (where also ἐστί is added to ὥρα, as in 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 3, ἀφαιρεῖν ὥρα 'στὶν ἤδη τὰς τραπέζας))]; and the perfect in ὥρα πεπαῦσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.728d)]: sometimes the infinitive must be supplied, οὐδέ τί σε χρή, πρὶν ὥρη, καταλέχθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.394, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 112 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 877)]; ὥρα κἠς οἶκον (i. e. ἰέναι εἰς οἶκον) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.147.)]
B.4 in various adverbial usages, τὴν ὥρην at the right time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 8.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.16: but τὴν ὥ.)] at that hour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 401)]; ταύτην τὴν ὥραν at this season, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.1; [ἡ ἶρις] πᾶσαν ὥραν γίγνεται τῆς ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 371b31; δείελον ὥρην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.417)]; ὥραν οὐδενὸς κοινὴν θεῶν at an hour.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 109, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 724, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.9)]; αὐτῆς ὥρας immediately, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PMich.” in “Class.Phil.” 22.255(3rd c.AD))]; ἐν ὥρῃ in due season, in good time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.176, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 242, etc.)]; also αἰεὶ εἰς ὥρας in successive seasons, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.135)]; ἐς τὰς ὥρας for all time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 382 (Lyric poetry compare above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.3) (hence in an acclamation [ε] ἰς ὥρας πᾶσι τοῖς τὴν πόλιν φιλοῦσιν)] hurrah for.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 41.29 (3rd-4th c.AD)))]; οἱ ὧδε χέζοντες εἰς ὥ. μὴ ἔλθοιεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Milet.” 2(3) No.406, compare ὥρασ; καθ᾽ ὥραν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.12, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.45.4, compare 3.93.6, etc.; opposed to παρ᾽ ὥρην “Anthologia Graeca” 7.534 (3rd c.BC: Alexander Aetolus Elegiacus or 1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.784b, etc.:— πρὸ τῆς ὥρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.16; πρὸ ὥρας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13; πρὸ ὥρας τελευτῆσαι “IG” 42(1).84.26 (Epid., 1st c.AD))]; πρὶν ὥρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.43 (compare πρίν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4).)]
B.II metaphorically, the spring-time of life, the bloom of youth, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 3.1; ὥραν ἐχούσας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 997, compare “Th.” 13, 535; παῖδας πρὸς τέρμασιν ὥρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 705 (_anapaest meter_); πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474d)]; οὐκ ἐνὥ., ={πρεσβύτερος}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 240d; ἐὰν ἐπὶ ὥρᾳ ᾖ [prev. author] “R.” 474e; ἕως ἂν ἐν ὥρᾳ ὦσι [prev. author] “Men.” 76b)]; παυσαμένου τῆς ὥ. probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 234a; ἀνθεῖν ἐν ὥ. [prev. author] “R.” 475a; τὴν ὥ. διαφυλάξαι ἄβατον τοῖς πονηροῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.58)]; λήγειν ὥρας, opposed to ἀνθεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.131e; ἑς ἐπιγινόμενόν τι τέλος, οἷον τοῖς ἀκμαίοις ἡ ὥρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1174b33, compare 1157a8.)]
B.II.2 frequently involving an idea of beauty, φεῦ φεῦ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ κάλλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1724 (Lyric poetry); ὥρᾳ.. ἡλικίας λαμπρός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54; κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.134, compare [prev. work]158; καλὸς ὥρᾳ τε κεκραμένος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).104, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 837b)]; ἀφ᾽ ὥρας ἐργάζεσθαι quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus)]“Tim..” 14,compare [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus)]“Mem..” 1.6.13, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Smp.” 8.21; τὴν ὥ. πεπωληκότες 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.344 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus:)] —then,
B.II.2.b generally, beauty, grace, elegance of style, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.874b, etc.; γλυκύτης καὶ ὥ. 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.3, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Rh.” p.335 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 1.2)]; of beauty in general, χάρις καὶ ὥρα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.128d.)]
B.II.3 Ὥρα personified, like{Ἥβη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.1.)]
B.III ={τὰ ὡραῖα}, the produce of the season, fruits of the year, ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐτρέφοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.1.)]
C personified, αἱὯραι, the Hours, keepers of heaven's cloudgate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.749, 8.393)]; and ministers of the gods,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 433; Ζεῦ, τεαὶ.. Ὧραι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.2)]; especially of Aphrodite, [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 6.5,12)]; also Ὧ. Διονυσιάδες, Καρνειάδες, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 148, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 87)]; three in number, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, daughters of Zeus and Themis, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 901; Ωραι πολυάνθεμοι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.17, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.150, etc.: frequently joined with the Χάριτες, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 194, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 75)]; worshipped at Athens, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.35.1; at Argos, [prev. author] 2.20.5; at Attaleia, “BMus.Inscription” 1044 (1st c.BC).)]