α2854Ἀωρίαι
late, out-of-season
Meaning inopportunely and not at the required moment. For a)/wra are [crops] being harvested at the wrong time. Aristophanes [writes]: "the prytaneis are coming, but late." "For it is not permitted for Babylonians to…
Ἀωρίαι· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀκαίρως καὶ παρὰ τὸν δέοντα καιρόν. ἄωρα γὰρ τὰ παρὰ τὸν καιρὸν τρυγώμενα. Ἀριστοφάνης· οἱ δὲ πρυτάνεις ἥκουσιν, ἀλλ' ἀωρίᾳ. οὐκ ἔξεστι γὰρ Βαβυλωνίοις ἀωρίᾳ…
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