οὖρον — Middle Liddell

οὖρον οὖρον, ου, τό, Ionic for ὅρος boundary, used by Hom. in three places, viz., ὅσα δίσκου οὖρα πέλονται as far as is the limit or space of a quoitʼs throw (cf. δίσκουρα) , Il.; ὅσσον τʼ ἐπὶ οὖρα πέλονται ἡμιόνων as far as is the range of mules (in ploughing), Il.; and so, more fully ὅσσον τʼ οὖρον πέλει ἡμιόνοιϊν, τόσσον ὑπεκπροθέων Od.: —what the distance expressed by the range of mules may be is uncertain; the common explanation is the length by which mules would distance oxen in ploughing a given space in the same time.

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οὖρον

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οὖρον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ουρον

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23893

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23917

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ou)=ron2

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