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θέρος

theros

summer

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θέρος, εος, τό, (θέρω) A. summer, χείματος οὐδὲ θέρευς Od. 7.118; οὔτʼ ἐν θέρει οὔτʼ ἐν ὀπώρῃ 12.76; ἐν θέρει, opp. ἐνψύχει, S. Ph. 18; θέρεϊ or θέρει, Il. 22.151, Hes. Op. 640; τὸ θέρος during the summer, Hdt. 1.202; τοῦ θέρεος in the course of it, Id. 2.24; τοῦ θέρους Ar. Fr. 463; θέρεος or θέρους (without the Art.), Hes. Op. 462, Pl. Phdr. 276b, al.; τοῦ παρεστῶτος θέρους S. Ph. 1340; τοῦ θ. εὐθὺς ἀρχομένου Th. 2.47; κατὰ θέρους ἀκμήν X. HG 5.3.19; θ. μεσοῦντος about midsummer, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 1; esp. in Th., campaigning-season, ἅμα ἦρι τοῦ ἐπιγιγνομένου θέρους 4.117, cf. 2.31, 6.8; τοσαῦτα μὲν ἐν τῷ θ. ἐγένετο 2.68. II. summerfruits, harvest, crop, θ. ἀλλότριον ἀμᾶν Ar. Eq. 392, cf. D. 53.21, AP 11.365.3 (Agath.): pl., θέρη crops, PFlor. 150.5 (iii A.D.); θέρη σταχύων the ripe ears, Plu. Fab. 2: metaph., πάγκλαυτον ἐξαμᾷ θέρος A. Pers. 822, cf. Ag. 1655; τὸ γηγενὲς δράκοντος . . θ. E. Ba. 1026; of a horseʼs mane, v. θερίζω I.3; of a youthʼs beard, Call. Del. 298, AP 10.19 (Apollonid.); also τέμνεται τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἀπόρρητον θ. τοῦ θεοῦ Τάλλου Jul. Or. 5.168d. III. Astron., τὸ μέγα θ., ὅταν πάντες οἱ πλάνητες ἐν θερινῷ ζῳδίῳ γένωνται Olymp. in Mete. 111.30. IV. metaph., in an epitaph for a year of life, Supp.Epigr. 2.874.4 (Egypt).
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