[WRA , Ion. w[rh , hJ , (akin to ou\ro" B) care, concern, heed, regard for a person or thing, c. gen ., Hes. , Soph. ; mhdemivan w[rhn e[cein gunaikw`n Hdt.
w{ra, {WRA, w{ra
{WRA , Ion. w{rh , hJ : Ep. gen. pl. wJravwn , Ion. wJrevwn : poët. dat. pl. w{raisi :— Lat. hora : any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day ( nuktov" te w{ran kai; mhno;" kai; ejniautou` Xen .): hence
I. a part of the year, a season; in pl. the seasons, Od., Hes. , etc. ; peritellomevnai" w{rai" Soph. ; th`" w{ra" tou` ejniautou` Thuc .:—at first three seasons were distinguished, — spring, e[aro" w{rh, w{rh eijarinhv Hom .;— summer, qevreo" w{rh Hes .; w{ra qerivnh Xen .;— winter, ceivmato" w{rh Hes .; w{rh/ ceimerivh/ Od.;—a fourth, ojpwvra , first in Alcman.
2. absol. the prime of the year, spring-time, o{sa fuvlla givgnetai w{rh/ Hom .:—in historians, the part of the year available for war, the summer-season, or (as we say) the season, Thuc ., etc.
3.
the year
generally,
Hdt.
;
ejn th`/ pevrusin w{ra/
last
year,
Dem
.,
etc.
4.
in
pl.
the quarters of the heavens,
the summer being taken as south, winter as north,
Hdt.
II.
a part of the day,
aiJ w|rai th`" hJmevra"
the times
of day, i.e. morning, noon, evening, night,
Xen.
; also,
nukto;" ejn w{rh/
in night
time,
h.
Hom.
;
o[ye th`" w{ra"
late
in the day,
Dem.
2. day and night were prob. first divided into twenty-four hours by Hipparchus (about 150 B. C.): but the division of the natural day (from sunrise to sunset) into twelve parts is mentioned by Hdt. (2. 109).
III.
the time
or
season
for a thing,
o{tan w{. h{kh/
Xen
.,
etc.
2.
c. gen.
rei,
w{rh koivtoio, u{pnou
the time for
sleep, bed-
time,
Od.;
w{rh dovrpoio
Ib.;
karpw`n w|rai
Ar.
3. w{ra »ejstivn1/4 , c. inf ., ‘tis time to do a thing, ajlla; kai; w{rh eu{dein Od.; dokei` oujc w{ra ei\nai kaqeuvdein Xen ., etc.
4. in adverb. usages, th;n w{rhn at the right time, Hdt ., Xen. ; but, th;n w{ . at that hour, Hes .:— ejn w{rh/ in due time, in good time, Od., Ar. :—also, aijei; ej" w{ra" in successive seasons, Od.;— kaqÆ w{ran Theocr. ;— pro; th`" w{ra" Xen.
IV. metaph. the prime of life, youth, early manhood, w{ran e[cein Aesch .; pavnte" oiJ ejn w{ra/ Plat. , etc. ; feu` feu` th`" w{ra" ! tou` kavllou" ! ah! what youth! what beauty! Ar. , etc.
V.
=
ta; wJrai`a
,
the fruits of the year,
Xen.
B.
in mythol. sense,
aiJ }Wrai
,
the Hours,
keepers of heavens gate, Il.; and ministers of the gods, Ib.; three in number, daughters of Zeus and Themis,
Hes.
; often therefore joined with the
Cavrite"
, h.
Hom.
,
Hes.
wJrai`o"
wJrai`o" , a, on , produced at the right season ( w{ra ), seasonable, timely: esp. of fruits, like Lat. hornus (from hora), bivo" or bivoto" wJr . store of fruits gathered in due season, Hes .; wJr. karpoiv the fruits of the season, Hdt .; so wJrai`a, tav , Thuc. , Xen. :—also of animals, wJr. a[rne" yearling lambs, Anth.
2. hJ wJraiva , like w{ra 1. 2, the summer season, esp. the months during which the troops kept the field, Dem. ; —but also, th;n me;n wJraivhn oujc u{ei it does not rain in the season ( sc. of rain), Hdt.
II. happening or done in season, in due season, seasonable, a[roto", e[rgon Hes .; wJrai`ovn ejsti the weather is fair, Plut.
2.
metaph.
seasonable, due, proper,
wJrai`a iJerav
Plat.
III.
of persons,
seasonable
or
ripe
for a thing,
c. gen
.,
gavmwn
or
gavmou wJraivh
Hdt
.;
ej" h{bhn wJr. gavmwn
Eur
.:—of old persons,
ripe for death,
pathvr ge mh;n wJrai`o"
Id.;
wJraivw/ e{stamen bivw/
Id.
2. in the bloom of youth, blooming, Hes ., Xen. :—generally, beautiful, N.T. Hence wJraiovth"
wJraiovth"
wJraiovth" , hto", hJ , ripeness of fruits, Arist.
II. the bloom of youth, Xen.