ἄωρος

ἄωρος (A), ον, ([etym.] ὥρα)

A untimely, unseasonable, χειμών, τύχαι, A.Pers. 496, Eu.956 (lyr.);

θάνατος E.Or.1030

;

τελευτή Antipho 3.1.2

;

ξυνουσίη Aret.CD1.4

(but

ἄ. γάμος

too late,

D.H.4.7

);

πένθος LXX Wi. 14.15

;

μετὰ μάχην ἱκετεύειν ἄωρον ἐδόκει J.BJ5.11.1

;

ἄ. θανεῖν E.Alc. 168

, cf. Hdt.2.79; οἱ ἄ. those who die untimely, Apollod.Com.4, cf. Philostr.VA6.4; esp. of those dying unmarried, PMag.Par.1.342, cf. 2725; in Epitaphs,

ὤλετ' ἄ. IG12.977

: [comp] Sup. ἀωρώτατε (sic) Sammelb. 1420; ἕνεκα χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄ. unripe (for death), Metrod.52;

ἀώροις περιπέσοιτο συμφοραῖς Epigr.Gr.376

([place name] Aezani): [comp] Comp. γήρως ἀωρότερα πράττειν things unbecoming old age, Plu.Sull.2.

2 unripe, of fruit, Dsc.1.126, LXX Wi.4.5; of fish, out of season, opp. ὥριμος, Nicom.Com.1.21: metaph.,

ἄωρος πρὸς γάμον Plu.Lyc.15

; ἄ. ὥρα Id. Comp. Thes.Rom.6.

3 without youthful freshness, ugly, Eup.69, X.Mem.1.3.14 ([comp] Sup.), Pl.R.574c. Adv.

-ρως J.AJ4.8.19

.

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ἄωρος (B), ον, of the πλεκτάναι or polypus-like legs of Scylla,

A

τῆς ἦ τοι πόδες εἰσὶ δυώδεκα πάντες ἄωροι Od.12.89

; one of the Sch. expld. it as κρεμαστοί, ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰωρῶ, but more prob. = ἄκωλοι, as Sch.HQ, from [dialect] Ion.

ὤρη B.

II ἄωροι πόδες fore-feet,

οὐ τοὺς ἀώρους εἶπά σοι . . πόδας πρίασθαι; σὺ δὲ φέρεις ὀπισθίους Philem.145

.

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ἄωρος (C), [var] contr. [full] ὦρος, ὁ,

A sleep, Sapph.57; ἤλασ' ἄωρον prob. for ἤλασας ὦρον in Call.Fr.150.