ὀρεχθέω

ὀρεχθέω, [dialect] Ep.Verb, once in Hom.,

A

βόες . . ὀρέχθεον ἀμφὶ σιδήρῳ σφαζόμενοι Il.23.30

: expld. by most Gramm. of the death-rattle in the throat (as though cogn. with ῥοχθέω) (κατὰ μίμησιν ἤχου τραχέος . . , ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔστενον ἀναιρούμενοι Sch.Tad loc., cf. Eust.1285.60 sq., Apollon. Lex., Hsch., etc.); but also as cogn. with ὀρέγομαι, ἀναιρούμενοι ὠρέγοντο ἤτοι ἐξετείνοντο Eust.l.c. (cf. Sch. T, Zonar., etc.), i.e. they were stretching themselves, struggling, in the throes of death.—In later Poets it seems freq. to mean swell up, esp. of the heart when stirred by emotion, like ὀρίνομαι, τῶς οἴεσθέ μου τὴν καρδίαν ὀρεχθεῖν; Ar.Nu. 1368 ; νεάτη δ' ὑπὸ κύστις ὀρεχθεῖ the bladder swells, Nic.Al.340 ; σφακέλῳ δέ οἱ ἔνδον ὀρεχθεῖ μαινομένη κραδίη, of a dying whale, Opp. H.2.583 ;

τῇ δὲ . . δέδεται κέαρ ἔνδοθεν ἄτῃ, οὐδ' ἔχει ἐκφλύξαι τόσσον γόον, ὅσσον ὀρεχθεῖ A.R.1.275

;

καί οἱ ὀρέχθει θυμὸς ἐελδομένῳ στηθέων ἐξ αἷμα κεδάσσαι Id.2.49

: in Aristias 6, μύκαισι (μυκαῖσι Schneidewin) δ' ὠρέχθει τὸ λάϊνον πέδον, it must have the sense of ῥοχθέω if μυκαῖσι is accepted ; θάλασσαν ἔα ποτὶ χερσὸν ὀρεχθεῖν let the sea roar landwards, Theoc.11.43 (cf.

βοάω 1.2

, ἐρεύγομαι (B)).