ὀπώρη
ὀπώρη, late summer
ὀπώρη, v. ὀπώρα.
ὀπώρη
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Late summer, harvest-time : ἀστέρʼ, ὅς τʼ ὀπώρης εἶσιν (in . . .) Il. 22.27.
Distinguished from θέρος Od. 11.192, Od. 12.76, Od. 14.384.
ὀπώρη (ὥρη): late summer (or early autumn), harvest-tide; the season extended from the rising of Sirius (end of July) to the setting of the Pleiades, thus corresponding nearly to our ‘dogdays,’ τεθαλυῖα, ‘luxuriant,’ ‘exuberant,’ fruit-time, Od. 11.192.