The corpus record

ὁρισ-τής

oristes · ὁ

one who marks the boundaries

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Where it lives

For the Liberty of the Rhodians 1 · 4.57/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ὁρισ-τής · horis-tēs — LSJ

one who marks the boundaries, officers appointed to settle boundaries

one who marks the boundaries : in pl., officers appointed to settle boundaries, public or private, IG 1(2).94.7, Hyp. Eux. 16, Tab.Heracl. 1.2, al., Plu. TG 21 ; the chief being called γαμέτρας (γεωμέτρης), Tab.Heracl. 1.187, cf. Poll. 9.9, AB 287.

II one who determines

one who determines, δικαίων D. 15.29, cf. Hermog. Stat. 8, Plot. 5.1.5.

In the wild

ὁριστῶν · horistōn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 525)
ὁρισταὶ · horistai Demosthenes, For the Liberty of the Rhodians 29 (DIORISIS sentence 85)
ὁριστὴν · horistēn Plotinus, Enneads 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3599)

Where it came from

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