ὀρχέομαι — Middle Liddell

ὀρχέομαι ὄρχος to dance in a row, and generally, to dance, Hom., etc.; δώσω τοι Τεγέην ὀρχήσασθαι will give thee Tegea to dance in or on, Orac. ap. Hdt.; c. acc. cogn., Λακωνικὰ σχήματα ὀρχεῖσθαι to dance Laconian figures, Hdt. trans. to represent by pantomimic dancing, ὀρχεῖσθαι τὸν Αἴαντα (as Horace, Cyclopa moveri), Luc. metaph. to bound, ὀρχεῖται καρδία φόβωι Aesch.

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to dance in a row

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ὀρχέομαι

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ὀρχέομαι

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ορχεομαι

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23699

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23723

Key:

o)rxe/omai

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