ὄρθρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰ-ro-, from *h₃erdʰ- (to rise). Cognate with ὀρθός (orthós), Latin ortus (star's rise), oriens (sunrise).[1]

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Noun

ὄρθρος (órthrosm (genitive ὄρθρου); second declension

  1. The time immediately before or around sunrise: dawn, early morning twilight
    ὄρθρος βαθύςórthros bathúsdim morning twilight
    • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 43a:
      ΣΩ.   τί τηνικάδε ἀφῖξαι, ὦ Κρίτων; ἢ οὐ πρῲ ἔτι ἐστίν;
      ΚΡ.   πάνυ μὲν οὖν.
      ΣΩ.   πηνίκα μάλιστα;
      ΚΡ.   ὄρθρος βαθύς.
      SŌ.   tí tēnikáde aphîxai, ô Krítōn? ḕ ou prṑi éti estín?
      KR.   pánu mèn oûn.
      SŌ.   pēníka málista?
      KR.   órthros bathús.
      Socrates: Why have you come at this time, Crito? Or isn't it still early?
      Crito: Yes, very much so.
      Socrates: About what time?
      Crito: Dim morning twilight.

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “1101-1102”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ὄρθρος

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