ὀρέγω

ὀρέγω, Od.17.366, E.Ph.1710 (lyr.), etc.; [dialect] Ion. and later Prose, Hdt. 2.2, Arist.HA497b27, etc.: [tense] impf.

A

ὤρεγον Pi.P.4.240

, App.BC4.126 : [tense] fut.

ὀρέξω Il.13.327

, E.Med.902 : [tense] aor.

ὤρεξα Il.23.406

, Trag. (S.OC846, etc.), and sts. in Prose, Pl.Phd.117b, X.An.7.3.29:—[voice] Med.and [voice] Pass., Il.24.506, Th.2.65, etc.: [tense] fut.

ὀρέξομαι E.Hel.353

, Pl.R.486a ([etym.] ἐπ-): [tense] aor.

ὠρεξάμην Il.23.99

, E.HF16, etc.: rare in Prose, X.Mem.1.2.15 ; also ὠρέχθην ib.16, Ages.1.4, Smp.8.35, Hp.Ep.17, Epicur.Sent.7, Fr.187, as well as in E. (Hel.1238) (not in Hom.): [tense] pf.

ὤρεγμαι Hp.Oss.18

; redupl. [ per.] 3pl. ὀρωρέχαται, [tense] plpf. -έχατο, Il.16.834, 11.26.—Cf. ὀρέγνυμι, ὀριγνάομαι :—reach, stretch, stretch out,

χεῖρ' ὀρέγων Od.17.366

;

εἰς οὐρανόν Il.15.371

, Od.9.527 ; χεῖρας ἐμοὶ ὀρέγοντας, in entreaty, 12.257, cf. Plu.Cam.36 ;

μοι . . λεχέων ἐκ χεῖρας ὄρεξας Il.24.743

;

πρός τινα Pi. P.4.240

, cf. S.OC846, etc. ; Ὅμηρον . . , ἐφ' ὃν πᾶσαι χεῖρ' ὀρέγουσι πόλεις, to claim him, APl.4.294.

2 reach out, hold out, hand, give,

κοτύλην καὶ πύρνον Od.15.312

;

δέπας Il.24.102

;

ὁπποτέροισι πατὴρ Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀρέξῃ 5.33

, cf. 17.453, Hes.Th.433 ;

ἠέ τῳ εὖχος ὀρέξομεν, ἦέ τις ἡμῖν Il.12.328

, cf. S.Ph.1203 (lyr.);

ὀ. πλοῦτόν τινι Pi.P.3.110

;

τέλος ἔμπεδον Id.N.7.58

;

ὤρεξε τὴν κύλικα τῷ Σωκράτει Pl.Phd.117b

; later βοήθειαν ὀρέξαι τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις extend help, POxy.902.11 (v A.D.).

II [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass.,

1 abs., stretch oneself out, stretch forth one's hand, Od.21.53 ;

ἀνδρὸς . . ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ' ὀρέγεσθαι Il.24.506

(but

χεῖρας ὀρεξαμένου

having lent a helping hand,

Epigr.Gr.448.4

([place name] Syria));

ὀρεξαμένη ἀπὸ δίφρου Hes.Sc.456

; ὠρέξατο χερσὶ φίλῃσι, χειρὶ σκαιῇ, Il.23.99, Hes.Th.178 ; ἔγχει ὀρεξάσθω let him lunge with the spear (from the chariot), Il.4.307 ;

πρόσθεν Ἄρης ὠρέξαθ' ὑπὲρ ζυγὸν . . ἔγχεϊ χαλκείῳ 5.851

; ποσσὶν ὀρωρέχαται πολεμίζειν, of horses, they galloped to the fight, 16.834; ὀρέξατ' ἰών he stretched himself as he went, i.e. made a stride, 13.20 ; ὀρωρέχατο προτὶ δειρήν were stretched out towards the neck, 11.26 ; of fish, rise at the bait,

καί τις τῶν τραφερῶν ὠρέξατο Theoc. 21.44

; for A.Ag.1111, v. ὄρεγμα 1.1.

2 c. gen., reach at or to a thing, grasp at, οὗ παιδὸς ὀρέξατο he reached out to his child, Il.6.466, cf. Od.11.392 ; in a hostile sense, aim at, assail, hit, τοῦ δ' ἀντίθεος Θρασυμήδης ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος . . ὦμον hit him first on the shoulder, Il.16.322 ; ib.314, a gen. pers. must be supplied, ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος πρυμνὸν σκέλος; so in 23.805 ὁππότερός κε φθῇσιν ὀρεξάμενος χρόα καλόν;

δηΐων ὀρέγοιτ' ἐγγύθεν ἱστάμενος Tyrt.12.12

; also of a suppliant, τί χρῆμα θηρῶσ' ἱκέτις ὠρέχθης ἐμοῦ; E.Hel.1238.

b metaph., reach after, grasp at, yearn for,

γάμων Id.Ion842

;

τῶν μεγίστων Id.Fr.240

;

ἀπεόντων Democr.202

;

ζωῆς Id.205

: freq. in [dialect] Att. Prose, Antipho 2.2.12, Th.3.42, Pl.R.439b,485d, etc.;

ὀ. τοῦ πρῶτος ἕκαστος γίγνεσθαι Th.2.65

: so c. inf.,

πόλιν ὠρέξατ' οἰκεῖν E.HF16

;

ὀ. τοιοῦτος γενέσθαι Pl. Prt.326a

;

οὐδέποτε ὠρέχθην τοῖς πολλοῖς ἀρέσκειν Epicur.Fr.187

: also, abs., yearn, desire,

πάσῃσιν ὀρέξαιτο πραπίδεσσιν Emp.129.4

;

θυμὸς ὀρέξατο γηθοσύνῃσιν A.R.2.878

;

ὀρεγόμεθα κατὰ τὴν βούλευσιν Arist.EN1113a12

; cf. ὀρεκτός, ὄρεξις.

3 c. acc., σῖτόν τ' ὄρεξαι take food, E.Or.303 (v.l. σίτων); αἰώρημα διὰ δέρης ὀρέξομαι I will put the noose on my neck, Id.Hel.353 (lyr.).