fruit

Greek Noun Female

ὀπώρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Jer.48:32 40:10, 12 (קַיִץ) *;] 1) late summer, early autumn (the time between the risings of Sirius and Arcturus, i.e. late July, all August and early September). 2) By meton. (as being fruit-time), ripe fruits Rev.18:14 (cf. φθινοπωρινά, Ju 12). (AS)

fruit

Greek Noun Female

ὀπώρ-α, Ionic dialect ὀπώρ-η, ἡ: sometimes ὁπώρα, compare χεῖμα χὠπώραν, i.e. καὶ ὁπ, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; proper nouns Ὁπωρίς [Refs]; compare μεθόπωρον, μεθοπωρινός:—the part of the year between the rising of Sirius and of Arcturus (i.e. the last days of July, all Aug, and part of Sept.), the latter part of summer; [Refs 8th c.BC+] together, θέρος τεθαλυῖά τ᾽ ὀπώρη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Σείριος being the star of ὀπώρη, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare ὀπωρινός.—In later times it became the name of a definite season, autumn (see. ὥρα [Refs], but was still used sometimes to denote summer (autumn being distinguished as φθινόπωρον or μετόπωρον), ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἠρινοῦ χρόνου πρὸ ὀπώρας [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) fruit, γλαυκῆς ὀπώρας. ποτοῦ χυθέντος. Βακχίας ἀπ᾽ ἀμπέλου [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in this sense also in plural, [Refs 7th c.BC+] even calls honey κηρίνα ὀπώρ; ἐαρινὴ ὀπώρα [Refs 4th c.AD+] III) metaphorically, life's summer, the time of youthful ripeness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέρειναν ματέρ᾽ οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν (see. οἰνάνθη) [Refs]; ripe virginity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

properly, even-tide of the (summer) season (dog-days), i.e. (by implication) ripe fruit; fruit; apparently from the base of g3796 (ὀψέ) and g5610 (ὥρα)