ὀρχέομαι
ὀρχέομαι, impf.
ὠρχούμην: Ep. 3 pl. pres.
ὀρχεῦνται, impf.
ὠρχεῦντο (v. infr.): fut.
A). ὀρχήσομαι Ar. Th. 1178 , etc.: aor.
ὠρχησάμην Anacr. 69 ,
Hdt. 6.129 ; inf.
ὀρχήσασθαι Hom. (v. infr.):— Pass., aor.
ὠρχήθην Euph. 87 :—
dance, ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι .. ὠρχεῦντ’ Il. 18.594 ;
Ἅλιον καὶ Λαοδάμαντα κέλευσε μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι Od. 8.371 , cf.
14.465 ;
πόσσ’ ἁπαλοῖσιν ὀρχεῦνται Hes. Th. 4 ;
ὀ. πρὸς ὅπλα, of the Pyrrhic dance, Demetr.Sceps. ap.
Ath. 4.155b ;
ἐν ῥυθμῷ X. Cyr. 1.3.10 ;
ὀρχεῖσθαι ταῖς χερσί (cf.
χειρονομέω)
Antiph. 113.1 : c. acc. loci,
δώσω τοι Τεγέην ποσσίκροτον ὀρχήσασθαι to dance in or
on, Orac. ap.
Hdt. 1.66 , cf. Euph.l.c.( Pass.): also c. acc. cogn.,
Λακωνικὰ σχημάτια ὀρχεῖσθαι dance Laconian steps,
Id. 6.129 ;
ὀ. τὸ Περσικόν X. Cyr. 8.4.12 ;
ὀ. πρὸς τὸν αὐλὸν σχήματα Id. Smp. 7.5 ;
ὀ. τὸν ὅρμον Luc. Salt. II sq., etc.:— Pass.,
τῶν ὕμνων οἳ μὲν ὠρχοῦντο οἳ δὲ οὐκ ὠρχοῦντο Ath. 14.631d .
2). represent by dancing or
pantomime, ὀρχεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν, ὀ. τὸν Αἴαντα, Luc. Salt. 80 ,
83 , cf.
AP 9.248 (
Boeth.),
11.254 (
Lucill.).
III). Act.
ὀρχέω,
make to dance (v.
Pl. Cra. 407a ), is used by Ion Trag.
50 ,
ἐκ τῶν ἀέλπτων μᾶλλον ὤρχησεν φρένας made my heart
leap (so codd.
Ath.,
ὤρχησαι Nauck); but
ὀρκῆσι in
Ar. Th. 1179 is a barbarism for
ὀρχῆται.
ShortDef
to dance in a row
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Headword (normalized):
ὀρχέομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ορχεομαι
URN:
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὀρχέομαι</span>, impf. <span class="foreign greek">ὠρχούμην</span>: Ep. 3 pl. pres. <span class="foreign greek">ὀρχεῦνται,</span> impf. <span class="foreign greek">ὠρχεῦντο</span> (v. infr.): fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὀρχήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 1178 </a> , etc.: aor. <span class="quote greek">ὠρχησάμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anacr.</span> 69 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.129 </a> ; inf. <span class="quote greek">ὀρχήσασθαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> (v. infr.):— Pass., aor. <span class="quote greek">ὠρχήθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euph.</span> 87 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dance,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι .. ὠρχεῦντ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:594" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.594/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.594 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἅλιον καὶ Λαοδάμαντα κέλευσε μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:371" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.371/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.371 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:465" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.465/canonical-url/"> 14.465 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πόσσ’ ἁπαλοῖσιν ὀρχεῦνται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀ. πρὸς ὅπλα,</span> of the Pyrrhic dance, Demetr.Sceps. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:155b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.155b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 4.155b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν ῥυθμῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.3.10 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀρχεῖσθαι ταῖς χερσί</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">χειρονομέω</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:113:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:113.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 113.1 </a> : c. acc. loci, <span class="foreign greek">δώσω τοι Τεγέην ποσσίκροτον ὀρχήσασθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to dance in</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on,</span> Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.66 </a>, cf. Euph.l.c.( Pass.): also c. acc. cogn., <span class="foreign greek">Λακωνικὰ σχημάτια ὀρχεῖσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dance</span> Laconian steps, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.129 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὀ. τὸ Περσικόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:4:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:4:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 8.4.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὀ. πρὸς τὸν αὐλὸν σχήματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:7.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 7.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὀ. τὸν ὅρμον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Salt.</span> </span> II sq., etc.:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">τῶν ὕμνων οἳ μὲν ὠρχοῦντο οἳ δὲ οὐκ ὠρχοῦντο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:631d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.631d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 14.631d </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">represent by dancing</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pantomime,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ὀρχεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν, ὀ. τὸν Αἴαντα,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg045:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg045:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Salt.</span> 80 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg045:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg045:83/canonical-url/"> 83 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.248 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Boeth.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0146.tlg001:11:254" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0146.tlg001:11.254/canonical-url/"> 11.254 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lucill.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">leap, bound,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὀρχεῖται δὲ καρδία φόβῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 166 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 59 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Θεσσαλίη ὠρχήσατο</span> Thessaly <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shook, trembled,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Del.</span> 139 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Act. <span class="orth greek">ὀρχέω</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make to dance</span> (v. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:407a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:407a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 407a </a>), is used by Ion Trag.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:50/canonical-url/"> 50 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ τῶν ἀέλπτων μᾶλλον ὤρχησεν φρένας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">made</span> my heart <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">leap</span> (so codd. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὤρχησαι</span> Nauck); but <span class="foreign greek">ὀρκῆσι</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 1179 </a> is a barbarism for <span class="foreign greek">ὀρχῆται.</span> </div> </div><br><br>'}