α, ον, matinal, qui se fait ou qui agit de grand matin, HH. Merc. 143 ; THGN. 863 ; AR. Lys. 60, etc. ; THC. 5, 58, etc. ; PLAT. Leg. 961 b, etc. ; τὸ ὄρθριον, HDT. 2, 173 ; LUC. Gall. 1, le point du jour ; adv., ὄρθριον, AR. Eccl. 525, Av. 489, au point du jour.

• Cp. -αίτερος, HDN GR. Epim. p. 166 Boissonade ; • Sup. -αίτατος, HDN GR. Epim. p. 166 Boissonade.

➳ Fém. -ος, ORPH. Arg. 756.

Étym. ὄρθρος.

α, ον, (< ὄρθρος) at daybreak, in the morning, early, mostly with Verbs of motion, so as to agree with the person, ἀφίκετο… ὄρθριος h.Merc. 143 ; ὀρθρίη αὖθις ἔσειμι Thgn. 863 ; ὄρθριος παρεῖναι, ἥκειν, Ar. Ec. 283, Pl. Prt. 313b ; ἤλουν ὄρθριαι τὰ σιτία Pherecr. 10. generally, of the morning, πόλτος Epich. 23 ; διὰ τὸν ὄ. νόμον the morning song, as parody of ὄρθιον, Ar. Ec. 741 ; ὄρθριον ᾆσαι (sc. ᾆσμα), of the cock, Id. Av. 489 ; δεῖ ὄρθριον εἶναι τὸν σύλλογον Pl. Lg. 961b ; τὸ ὄ. as Adv., in the morning, early, Hdt. 2.173, Luc. Gall. 1 ; or ὄρθριον Ar. Ec. 377, 526; irreg. Comp. and Sup. ὀρθριαίτερος, αίτατος, Hdn. Epim. 166; also ὀρθρίτερον as Adv., earlier, UPZ 62.19 (ii BC), BGU 1201.4 (i AD).

auch 2 Endgn, = ὀρθρινός, nach den Atticisten die eigtl. attische Form, vgl. Lobeck Phryn. 51 ; H.h. Merc. 143 ; Theogn. 861 ; τοῖς μὴ παροῦσιν ὀρθρίοις, Ar. Eccl. 283 ; ὄρθριος ἥκων, Plat. Prot. 313b ; – ὄρθριον, am Morgen früh, Ar. Eccl. 377, 526 ; ὄρθριον ᾄδειν, Av. 489. Dazu der unregelmäßige Komparat. u. superlat. ὀρθριαίτερος, ὀρθριαίτατος, Hdn. epimer. 260.

ὄρθριος, -α, -ον
(< ὄρθρος), [in LXX: 1Ki.28:14, Job.29:7, 1-25; 3Ma.5:10 3Mac 5:23 * ;]
early, in the early morning: Luk.24:22, Rec. (see: ὀρθρινός).†
(AS)