χώρα , Ion.

χώρη , ἡ,
A.= χῶρος, space or room in which a thing is, defined as partly occupied
space, distd. fr. κενόν and τόπος, Zeno Stoic. 1.26 (cf.2.163), S.E.P.3.124;
“ποταγορεύοντι τὰν ὕλαν τόπον καὶ χώραν” Ti.Locr.94b (in
“ὁ τόπος τῆς χ.”Pl.Lg.705c χώρα = country (cf. 11.1); so
“χώρας ἐν τόποις Λιβυστικοῖς”A.Eu.292);
“οὐδέ τι πολλὴ χώρη µεσσηγύς” Il.23.521; “νόµισµα .
. χώραςµεγάλης δέοιτ᾽ ἄν” X.Lac.7.5; χώραν τινὶ καταλιπεῖν leave roo
m for it, Plu.2.123f, etc.
2. generally, place, spot, στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης ὅθι . . Il.6.516,
cf. Od.16.352; “ὀλίγῃ ἐνὶ χ.” Il.
17.394; χώραν ἐκ χώραςµεταβάλλειν move
from place to place, Pl.Tht. 181c; field in a
ceiling, IG42(1).103.193, 106ii139 (Epid., iv B. C.); ἡ πρώτη χ.the
first field (on the chest of Cypselus), Paus.5.17.6; socket or cavity of a
joint, Hp.Art.79, 80; of the eye, IG42(1).121.76(Epid., iv B. C.); as
euphemism for the genital organs, Hippiatr. 33,71.
3. the position, proper place of a person or thing,
“ἐνὶ χώρῃἕζεται” Il.23.349: esp. a soldier's post, Ἄρης οὐκ ἔνι χώρα is
not at his post (or perh. in
the land, cf. Ar.Lys.524) A.Ag.78(anap.); χώραν λιπεῖν, προλείπειν, T
h.4.126, 2.87; µισθοφορεῖν κεναῖς χ. draw pay for
unfilled vacancies,Aeschin.3.146;
“ἐπιγράψαι αὐτῷ τὴν χ.” UPZ14.88 (ii B. C.):
later τὴν χ. τινὸς ἀποπληρῶσαι, ποιῆσαι, fill a
person's place,POxy.136.15(vi A. D.), PMasp.32.11 (vi A.
D.): χώραν λαβεῖν take a position, find one's
place, ἕως ἂν χώραν λάβῃ [τὰπράγµατα] till they are brought
into position, into order,X.Cyr.4.5.37;
“οὐ διδοὺς ἑτέρῳ τόπον οὐδὲ χώραν διακονίας”Plu.2.62d; οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι χ
ώραν νοήσεως ἡντινοῦν τὸ ἀγαθόνthe Good cannot have
any possibility of thinking, Plot.5.6.6; σοὶἀστρονοµεῖν χ. your province is
astronomy, Philostr. VA5.15;
“ἐν τοῖς ἀτέχνοις χώραν ἔχει τὸ αὐτόµατον” Eun.Hist.p.225D.: freq. in
the phrase ὥρα καὶ χ., time
and place, “ἐν ὁποία ἀξίαφυτευθῆναι καὶ ὥρὰ καὶ χώρᾳ” Pl.Hipparch
.225c;
“ἐν ἄλλῃκαὶ χώρῃ” Hp.Hum. 14; πρὸς ὥρας καὶ χώρας καὶ διαίτας ib.16
, Aph.3.3;
“ἥ τε τοῦ ἔτους ὥρα καὶ χ. καὶ φύσις τοῦθεραπευοµένου σώµατος” Gal.
18(2).399, cf. Alex. Trall.1.10, Steph.in Hp.1.161, 180 D. b. in
metric, position of a foot in a verse,
“τὸ δακτυλικὸν δέχεται δακτύλους καὶ σπονδείους κατὰπᾶσαν χ.” Hep
h.7.1, cf. 8.1; “αἱ περιτταὶ χ.” Id.5.1,6.1.
4. metaph., station, place, position, ἐν χώρᾳ τινὸς εἶναι to be in
his position, be counted the same as he
is, ἐν ἀνδραπόδων or µισθοφόρου χώρᾳ εἶναι to be in the position of
slaves or mercenaries, to pass or rank as
such, X.An.5.6.13, Cyr.2.1.18; ἐν οὐδεµιᾷ χ. εἶναι to have
no place or rank, be in no esteem,Id.An.5.7.28;
“οὗ µέλλει χώρην µηδεµίαν θέµεναι” Thgn.152; “τούτων τοι χώρη .
. ὀλίγη τελέθει” Id.822; “τὰς µεγίστας χ. ἔχειν” Plb.1.43.1.
5. in senses 3 and 4 freq. with a
Prep., ἐκ χώρας ὁρµᾶν, opp. πορευόµενος µάχεσθαι, X.An.3.4.33; εἰς
τὰς ἑαυτῶν χ. πάρεισι are at their posts, Id.Cyr.1.2.4, cf. Theoc. 15.57;
“εἰςτὰς τῶν λοχαγῶν χ. καταστήσεσθαι” X.Cyr.2.1.23; ἐν χώρᾳin one'
s place, at one's
post, “ἐν ταῖς χ. γενέσθαι”Id.An.4.8.15; ἐν χώρᾳ πίπτειν, ἀποθνῄσκει
ν, die at one's post, Id.HG4.2.20, 8.39; ἐπὶ χώρας ἕσσαι set it in its
place,Pi.P.4.273; also µένειν ἐπὶ χώρας, = µένειν κατὰ χώραν, remain
in force, OGI90.16 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), BGU183.9 (i A.
D.); κατὰ χώρην εἶναι be in one's place, Hdt.4.135;
[“φόροι] κατὰχώρην διατελέουσι ἔχοντες” Id.6.42,
cf. Ar.Pl.367, Ra.793;
“κατὰ χ. µένειν” Hdt.7.95, 8.108, Ar.Eq.1354, Th.4.26; ἤλπιζον .
. οὐ µενεῖν κατὰ χ. τὰ πράγµατα ib.76; “µένει τὸὅρκιον κατὰ χ.” as it
was, undisturbed, Hdt.4.201; ἐᾶν κατὰχ. τὴν πόλιν leave in its
place, leave as it was, X.HG6.5.6, cf. Hdt.1.17;
“κατὰ χώραν µένειν τοὺς ἄλλους [νόµους] ἐᾶν”D.24.5; κατὰ χ. ἀπιέν
αι retire in their old order, X. An.6.4.11.
II. land, viz.,
1. a land, country, “ἅς τινας ἵκεο χώρας ἀνθρώπων”Od.8.573;
“ἡ χ. ἡ Ἀττική” Hdt.9.13; “ἐµπορεύεσθαι εἰς τὴνχ.” IG12.57.21,
cf. 63.22, al.: freq. in Trag., “Ἑλλάδα χώραν”A.Pers.271 (lyr.);
“Εὐβοῖδα χ.” S.Tr.74,
etc.; territory, ὁτύραννος ἢ πόλεων ἢ χ. πολλῆς [ἐπιθυµεῖ] X.Hier.4.7
: pl., OGI54.11 (Adule, iii B. C.), etc.
2. landed estate, X.Cyr.8.4.28, 8.6.4. b. country
town, “τοὺςκήρυκας διαπέµψαντες ἐς τὰς χ.” Schwyzer688B8 (Chios, v
B. C.).
3. the country, opp. to the town, “ἡ πόλις καὶ ἡ χ.” Lycurg. 1;
“τὰ ἐκ τῆς χώρας” Th.2.5, X.Mem.3.6.11; ὁ ἐκ τῆς χ. γιγνόµενος σῖτο
ς ib.13;
“οἱ ἐν τῇ χ. ἐργάται” Id.Hier.10.5; ἐντῇ χώρᾳ κοιταῖον γίγνεσθαι, opp
. ἐν ἄστει, Decr. ap. D.18.37; ἁ κοινὰ χ. (of two
cities) IG42(1).77.2 (Epid., ii B. C.): esp. of Egypt as opp.
Alexandria, OGI56.5 (Canopus, iii B. C.), PHib.1.27.167 (iii B. C.), etc. (but
in PTeb.5.98 (ii B. C.) ἐν τῇἈλεξα（νδρέων） χ. means 'in
Alexandria'); ἡ ἄνω χ. καὶ ἡκάτω, Upper and Lower
Egypt, OGI90.46 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), cf. Wilcken Chr.109.9 (iii B. C.).—
χῶρος is another form: in signf. 11χώρα alone is used in Att.; whereas in
signf. 1 χῶρος is common, exc. in the special sense of one's proper
place or post (χῶρος and χώρα perh. cogn. with χῆρος, χῆτος).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and
augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of.
Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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