ὄρομαι
ὄρομαι,
A). keep watch, used only in compd. with ἐπί, which is always separated from the Verb by tmesis, αἰπόλια πλατἔ αἰγῶν .. ἐσχατιῇ βόσκοντ’, ἐπὶ δ’ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄρονται ; 14.104 ἐπὶ δ’ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄροντο, οἶνον οἰνοχοεῦντες 3.471 (cf. ὄρνυμι ad init.); ἐπὶ δ’ ἀνὴρ ἐσθλὸς ὀρώρει Μηριόνης .—So Sch. 23.112 (cf. 14.104 ὅρει· φυλάσσει, ) rightly : ἐπὶ .. ὄρομαι is related to ἐπίουρος (ἔφορος).