- ὄρθρος
- ὄρθρος, ὁ,A the time just before or about daybreak, dawn, cock-crow (
ἀπ' ὄρθρου μέχρι περ ἂν ἥλιος ἀνάσχῃ Pl.Lg.951d
),τάχα δ' ὄ. ἐγίγνετο δημιοεργός h.Merc.98
;ἐπειδὰν ὄ. ᾖ Ar.Ach.256
, cf. Av.496, etc. ;ὄρθρου
at dawn,Hes.
Op.577, Sopat.25, Aristopho 10 ;ὄρθρου γενομένου Hdt.1.198
;ἅμα ὄρθρῳ Id.7.188
, Th.3.112, etc. ;ἐς ὄρθρον Theoc.18.56
, cf. X.Cyn.6.6 ;κατ' ὄρθρον Ar.V.772
;περὶ ὄρθρον Th.6.101
(cf. περίορθρος) ; πρὸς ὄρθρον towards dawn, Ar.Lys.1089 ;πρὸς ὄρθρον γ' ἐστίν Id.Ec.20
;ὑπ' ὄρθρον Batr.103
;ὑπὸ τὸν ὄ. D.C.76.17
; τὸν ὄ., abs., in the morning, Hdt.4.181 ; δι' ὄρθρων each morning early, E.El. 909 ; ὄ. βαθύς dim morning twilight,ἀλλὰ νῦν ὄ. β. Ar.V.216
, cf. Pl. Cri.43a, Theoc.18.14 ;τῆς παρελθούσης νυκτὸς . . , ἔτι βαθέος ὄ. Pl.Prt. 310a
, cf. Ev.Luc.24.1.II [full] Ὄρθρος, ὁ, a mythical dog, son of Typhaon and Echidna, that kept the herds of Geryoneus on the island Erytheia, and was there killed by Heracles, Hes.Th.309, cf. 293 (v.l. Ὄρθος).
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