ὀρχέομαι
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.