ἀωρία

A. wrong time: hence, untimely fate or death, Hld. 10.16; but ἀωρίη old age, Herod. 3.29; bad condition, πραγμάτων Procop. Arc. 14: pl., ἀωρίαι bad seasons, Plu. 2.371b; ἀωρία midnight, dead of night, Pherecr. 6D., Ael. Fr. 81; in full, ἦν ἀ. τῆς νυκτὸς μεσούσης Alciphr. 3.47: metaph., ἀωρίῃ τοῦ πρήγματος Aret. CD 1.4; darkness (figure of calamity), prob. in LXX Is. 59.9: acc. as Adv., ἀωρίαν ἥκειν to have come too late, Ar. Ach. 23; ποῦ βαδίζεις ἀωρίᾳ; whither so late ? Luc. Asin. 24.