ὡραῖος
Alt. ὡραῖος, η, ον
I. "produced at the right season" (ὥρα), "seasonable, timely": esp. of fruits, like Lat. hornus (from "hora)", βίος or βίοτος ὡρ. store of "fruits gathered in due season", Hes.; ὡρ. καρποί the fruits "of the season", Hdt.; so ὡραῖα, ων, τά, Thuc., Xen.:—also of animals, ὡρ. ἄρνες "yearling" lambs, Anth.
2. ἡ ὡραία, like ὥρα 1. 2, "the summer season", esp. the months during which the troops kept the field, Dem.; —but also, τὴν μὲν ὡραίην οὐχ ὕει it does not rain "in the season" (sc. of rain), Hdt.
II. "happening or done in season, in due season, seasonable", ἄροτος, ἔργον Hes.; ὡραῖόν ἐστι the weather is "fair", Plut.
2. metaph. "seasonable, due, proper", ὡραῖα ἱερά Plat.
III. of persons, "seasonable or ripe" for a thing, c. gen., γάμων or γάμου ὡραίη Hdt.; ἐς ἥβην ὡρ. γάμων Eur.: —of old persons, "ripe for death", πατήρ γε μὴν ὡραῖος id=Eur.; ὡραίῳ ἕσταμεν βίῳ id=Eur.
2. "in the bloom of youth, blooming", Hes., Xen.:—generally, "beautiful", NTest.