ὄρθρος

ὄρθρος — órthros

ὄρθρος, ὄρθρου, ὁ (from ὈΡΩ, ὄρνυμι to stir up, rouse; cf. Latinorior,ortus), from Hesiod down; the Sept. for שַׁחַר dawn, and several times for בֹּקֶר; daybreak, dawn: ὄρθρου βαθέος or βαθέως (see βαθέως and βαθύς (on the genitive cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; Buttmann, § 132, 26)), at early dawn, Luk 24:1; ὄρθρου, at daybreak, at dawn, early in the morning, Joh 8:2 (Hesiod, Works, 575; the Sept. Jer 25:4; Jer 33:5, etc.); ὑπό τόν ὄρθρον, Act 5:21 (Dio Cassius, 76, 17).