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χῶρος

choros1 · ὁ

a definite space, piece of ground, place

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What it meant

χῶρος · chōros — LSJ

a definite space, piece of ground, place, space, region, region

like χώρα I, a definite space, piece of ground, place, χῶρον μὲν πρῶτον διεμέτρεον Il. 3.315; διαμετρητῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ ib. 344; νεκύων διεφαίνετο χῶρος a space clear of the dead, i. e. not filled by them, 8.491; χ. ὑλήεις, ἐρῆμος, οἰοπόλος, ψαμαθώδης, Od. 14.2, Il. 10.520, 13.473, h.Merc. 75; πίων Hes. Op. 390; εὐαής ib. 599; καταστύφελος Id. Th. 806; ἀσυνήθης Emp. 118; region, ἀτερπὴς χ., of the lower world, Od. 11.94, cf. Emp. 121; so εὐσεβῶν χ. Lycurg. 96, Pl. Ax. 371c, cf. IG 12(7).115.20 (Amorgo

2 space, compass

space, compass, ποιῆσαι ἐν βραχεῖ χώρῳ τὴν δύναμιν Plb. 11.1.3.

II land, country, lands

land, country, Hdt. 4.30; ὁ Λιβυκὸς χ. v.l. in Id. 2.19; τοῦ Ἀταρνέος ἐστὶ χ. Id. 1.160; τῆς Ἀραβίης 2.75: pl., lands, τῶν Θηβαίων ἔκειρε τοὺς χ. Id. 9.15, cf. S. OT 1126: metaph., τὸ γὰρ νεάζον ἐν τοιοῖσδε βόσκεται χ. Id. Tr. 145; χ . . . οὗτος (leg. αὑτός) ἀνθρώπου φρενῶν Id. Fr. 910.

2 landed property, estate

landed property, estate, Axiop. 5, X. Cyr. 7.4.6.

3 the country

the country, opp. the town, ἐν τῷ χ. καὶ ἐν τῷ ἄστει Id. Oec. 5.4, cf. 11.18; σπείρω τʼ ἄρουραν . . Βερέκυντα χ. A. Fr. 158.

4 country town

country town, IG 12(9).189.26 (Eretria, iv B. C., pl.); ὁ χ. ὁ Μοττιανῶν κτλ. LW 1745 (Gergis).—Rare in pure Att. Prose (Th. 2.20, 7.78, f.l. in Antipho 3.2.8), but common in X.

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