ὄρθρος

orthros

the time just before

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366a20
367a26
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 34 619b18–620a12

619b21

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄρθρος, ὁ, A. the time just before or about daybreak, dawn, cock-crow (ἀπʼ ὄρθρου μέχρι περ ἂν ἥλιος ἀνάσχῃ Pl. Lg. 951d), τάχα δʼ 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 ; κατʼ ὄρθρον Ar. V. 772 ; περὶ ὄρθρον Th. 6.101 (cf. περίορθρος) ; πρὸς ὄρθρον towards dawn, Ar. Lys. 1089 ; πρὸς ὄρθρον γʼ ἐστίν Id. Ec. 20 ; ὑπʼ ὄρθρον Batr. 103 ; ὑπὸ τὸν ὄ. D.C. 76.17 ; τὸν ὄ., abs., in the morning, Hdt. 4.181 ; διʼ 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. 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).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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