χώρα χώρα, Ionic χώρη, ἡ, = χῶρος the space in which a thing is, Lat. locus, οὐδέ τι πολλὴ χώρη μεσσηγύς Il.; ὀλίγῃ ἐνὶ χώρῃ Il. generally, a place, Hom. oneʼs place, position, ἐν χώρῃ ἕζεσθαι Il.; esp. a soldierʼs post, χώραν λείπειν Thuc.; χώραν λαβεῖν to find oneʼs place, ἕως ἂν χώραν λάβῃ τὰ πράγματα till they are brought into position, into order, Xen. metaph. oneʼs place in life, station, place, position, Ἄρης δʼ οὐκ ἐνὶ χώρᾳ the spirit of war is not there, Aesch.; ἐν ἀνδραπόδων or μισθοφόρων χώρᾳ εἶναι to be in the position of slaves or mercenaries, Xen.; ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ χώρᾳ εἶναι to be in no esteem, nullo loco haberi, Xen.:—also, κατὰ χώραν (χώρην) εἶναι, ἔχειν to be in oneʼs place, to keep a thing in its place, Hdt., Ar.; κατὰ χ. μένειν to stand oneʼs ground, Hdt., Attic land, viz., a land, country, Lat. regio, Od., Hdt., Trag. a piece of land, an estate, farm, Lat. ager, Xen. the country, opp. to the town, Lat. rus, τὰ ἐκ τῆς χώρας, ὁ ἐκ τῆς χώρας σῖτος Thuc., Xen.