ὁρίζω
Etym. also used in mid. sense
Etym. ὅρος
I. "to divide or separate from, as a boundary", c. acc. et gen., ὁ Νεῖλος τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζει τῆς Λιβύης Hdt.:—with two accs. joined by καί, "to separate, be a boundary between", Τύρης ποταμὸς οὐρίζει τήν τε Σκυθικὴν καὶ τὴν Νευρίδα γῆν id=Hdt.
2. "to bound", Thuc., Xen.:—Pass. "to be bounded", Eur.; metaph., ὡρίσθω μέχρι τοῦδε so far "let it go and no further", Thuc.
3. "to pass between or through", διδύμους πέτρας Eur.
4. "to part and drive away, banish", id=Eur.:—Pass. "to depart" from id=Eur.
II. "to mark out by boundaries, mark out", Hdt., Soph.; so, ὁρ. θεόν "to mark out" his sanctuary, Eur.
III. "to limit, determine, appoint, lay down", Trag., Xen.:—so, c. inf. "to appoint, order", Eur.:—so, θάνατον ὥρισε τὴν ζημίαν "determined" the penalty to be death, Dem.:—Pass., perf. part. ὡρισμένος "determinate, definite", Arist.
2. "to define a word", mostly in Mid., Xen., etc.
IV. Mid. "to mark out for oneself, take possession of", Aesch., Eur.: —ὁρίζεσθαι βωμούς, στήλας "to set" them "up", Soph., Xen.
2. "to determine for oneself, to get" a thing "determined", Dem.
3. "to define" a word, Plat.;— c. acc. et inf., Xen., etc.
V. intr. "to border upon", Hdt.
VI. as attic law-term, δισχιλίων ὡρισμένος τὴν οἰκίαν "having" the house "marked with ὅροι" (cf. ὅρος II), i. e. "mortgaged" to the amount of 2000 drachms, Dem.