- ὅρος
- ὅροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `border, boundary mark (pole, column, stone), term, limit, mark, appointment, definition' (Att. Cf. Koller Glotta 38, 70ff.).Other forms: οὖρος (Il.), ορϜος (Corc.), ὦρος (Cret., Arg.), ὄρος (Herakl.).Compounds: Sometimes as 1. member, e.g. ὁρο-θεσία f. `the fixing of boundaries' (hell. inscr., Act. Ap., pap.), as νομο-θεσία a.o., formal from ὁρο-θέ-της (gloss.), comp. of ὅρον θεῖναι with τη-suffix; often as 2. member, e.g. δί-ωρος `with two boundary stones' (Arc. IVa), ἀμφ-ούρ-ιον n. `toll, paid by the seller to the owner of the neighbouring estate as a fixation of the sale' (pap. IIIa, Rhod. inscr. IIa), ἀμφουριασμός m. (*ἀμφουρι-άζω); s. Wilhelm Glotta 14, 68ff., 83, Preisigke Wb. s.v.; zu εὑθυωρία s. v.Derivatives: 1. ὅρία n. pl. (rarely sg.) `borderline, border areas etc.' (Hp., Att., Arc.); 2. ὁρία f. `border' (Att. inscr.); 3. ὅριος `belonging to the border' (Ζεὺς ὅρ., Pl., D.) = Lat. Terminus (D.H., Plu.); 4. ὁρικός `belonging to definition' (Arist.); 5. ὁρ-αία τεκτονική = gruma, -ιαῖος λίθος (gloss.); 6. ὁρίζω, aor. -ίσαι (Ion. οὑρ-), often w. prefix, e.g. δι- (ἐπι-δι- etc.), ἀφ-, περι-, προσ-, `to border, to demarcate, to separate, to determine, to define' (IA.) with (ἀφ-, περι-, δι-)ὅρισμα (οὔρ-) `limitation, border' (Hdt., E.), (ἀφ-, περι- etc.) ὁρισμός `limitation, determination etc.' (Att.), (δι-)ὅρισις (Pl., Arist.), ὁρισ-τής m. `landmarker' (Att., Tab. Heracl.), -τικός `belonging to limitation or determination, limiting, defining' (Arist.). -- 7. ὀρεύς s. v.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [?] *(u̯)eru̯-?Etymology: Not certainly explained. -- An orig. (h)όρϜος (= Corc.) can stand for still older *ϜόρϜος (Schwyzer 306 a. 226 f.) and can be connected wih Lat. urvāre (amb-) `surround with a (boundary)furrow' (Fest. from Enn., Dig.) as a cognate; the basic noun urvus `circuitus civitatis' (gloss.; transm. urus) can agree except for he ablaut (IE *u̯r̥u̯os against *u̯oru̯os). Here also Osc. uruvú from PItal. *urvā, if with Schulze ZGLE 549 n. 1 a.o. `boundaryfurrow, border' (cf. Vetter Hb. d. ital. Dial. 1, 442). Further connection wih ἐρύω `draw' (s.v.) is then possible. -- Also an alternative basis *ὄρϜος (w. second. asper) can be combined with Lat. urvus (then from *r̥u̯os; to ὀρύ-σσω?, s.v.). -- WP. 1, 293 a. 2, 352 f., W.-Hofmann s. urvus w. further lit. S. also οὑροί and 2. οὖρον.Page in Frisk: 2,425-426
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.