- χωρίον
- χωρ-ίον, τό, [var] Dim. (only in form, cf.A
χ. μέγιστον Th.2.19
) of χῶρος and χώρα:1 place, spot, district, very freq. in Prose from Hdt. down wards, e.g. 2.8,10,29, Th.2.54; also in Com., as Ar.Nu.209, etc.; never in Trag.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. from the same spot, Hdt.1.11; χ. ἔρημον, χ. χαλεπὰ καὶ πετρώδη, Th.4.9;χ. ἱππάσιμα X.Cyr.1.4.14
: pl., sites,οἰκίσαι χωρία Th.1.12
.2 town, ib.100, etc.;χωρίων κατάληψις Pl.Grg.455b
, cf. Lys.28.7, etc.3 landed property, estate, Th.1.106, Pl.Lg.844b, Lys.7.4, IG12.325.10; used with ἀγρός, X.HG2.4.1, etc.4 place of business, office, D.45.33.5 space, room, Th.1.63, etc.; esp. in Geom., space enclosed by lines, area, figure, Pl.Men.82b sq., Ar.Nu.152, Euc.Dat.55, Papp.240.17: esp. rectangle, Archim.Con.Sph.2, al.6 passage in a book, Hdt.2.117 (unless interpol.), Luc.Hist.Conscr.12, Ath.15.672a, Simp.inCael.126.4.b subject, Th.1.97: pl., topics, Lycurg.31.7 Medic., part of the body, Hp.Fract.2, cf. Aph. 1.21 (pl.); τὸ χ. τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος periphr. for the gall-bladder, Id.Morb.4.36.
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