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ὁρίζων

orizon · ὁ

separating circle

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ὁρίζων · horizōn — LSJ

separating circle, horizon

separating circle (cf. ὁρίζω 1.1b), horizon, Autol. Sph. 5, Ti.Locr. 97a ; ὁτοῦ ὁρίζοντος κύκλος Arist. Mete. 363a27 ; ὁ ὁ. κύκλος Id. Cael. 297b34, al. ; ὁ αἰσθητὸς ὁ., opp. ὁ λόγῳ θεωρητός, Gem. 5.56, 57 ; οἱ ὁρίζοντες Ti.Locr. 97d.

2 limits, finishes

Pythag. name for 9, because it limits, i.e. finishes, the series of units, Theol.Ar. 57.

In the wild

ὁριζόντων · horizontōn Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 186)
ὁρίζοντος · horizontos Plotinus, Enneads 5.5 (DIORISIS sentence 3995)
ὁρίζοντες · horizontes Thucydides, History 3.82.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2294)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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