ὀρέγω
ὀρέγω
to reach, stretch, stretch out, Lat. porrigo, χεῖρʼ ὀρέγων Od.; esp. in entreaty, Od.
to reach out, hold out, hand, give, Hom., Hes., etc.
Mid. and Pass.,
absol. to stretch oneself out, stretch forth oneʼs hand, Hom.; ὀρέξασθαι ἀπὸ δίφρου to reach or lean over the chariot, Hes.; ἔγχει ὀρεξάσθω let him lunge with the spear (from the chariot, instead of dismounting), Il.; ποσσὶν ὀρωρέχαται πολεμίζειν, of horses, they stretched themselves, galloped, to the fight, Il.; ὀρέξατʼ ἰών he stretched himself as he went, i. e. went at full stride, Il.; ὀρωρέχατο προτὶ δειρήν stretched themselves with the neck (like Virgilʼs irasci in cornua, in clipeum assurgere), Il.:—of fish, to rise at the bait, Theocr.
c. gen. to reach at or to a thing, grasp at, οὗ παιδὸς ὀρέξατο he reached out to his child, Il.; also in a hostile sense, τοῦ Θρασυμήδης ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος ὦμον hit him first on the shoulder, Il.; so, ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος σκέλος (sc. αὐτοῦ) Il.
metaph. to reach after, grasp at, yearn for a thing, c. gen., Eur., Thuc., etc.:—c. inf., πόλιν ὠρέξατʼ οἰκεῖν Eur.
c. acc. to help oneself to, σῖτον Eur.
Headword (normalized):
ὀρέγω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ορεγω
Intro Text:
ὀρέγω
to reach, stretch, stretch out, Lat. porrigo, χεῖρʼ ὀρέγων Od.; esp. in entreaty, Od.
to reach out, hold out, hand, give, Hom., Hes., etc.
Mid. and Pass.,
absol. to stretch oneself out, stretch forth oneʼs hand, Hom.; ὀρέξασθαι ἀπὸ δίφρου to reach or lean over the chariot, Hes.; ἔγχει ὀρεξάσθω let him lunge with the spear (from the chariot, instead of dismounting), Il.; ποσσὶν ὀρωρέχαται πολεμίζειν, of horses, they stretched themselves, galloped, to the fight, Il.; ὀρέξατʼ ἰών he stretched himself as he went, i. e. went at full stride, Il.; ὀρωρέχατο προτὶ δειρήν stretched themselves with the neck (like Virgilʼs irasci in cornua, in clipeum assurgere), Il.:—of fish, to rise at the bait, Theocr.
c. gen. to reach at or to a thing, grasp at, οὗ παιδὸς ὀρέξατο he reached out to his child, Il.; also in a hostile sense, τοῦ Θρασυμήδης ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος ὦμον hit him first on the shoulder, Il.; so, ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος σκέλος (sc. αὐτοῦ) Il.
metaph. to reach after, grasp at, yearn for a thing, c. gen., Eur., Thuc., etc.:—c. inf., πόλιν ὠρέξατʼ οἰκεῖν Eur.
c. acc. to help oneself to, σῖτον Eur.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23519
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