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ὄρθρος

orthros

the time just before

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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).
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