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ὀρχέομαι

orcheomai

to dance

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What it meant

1. ὀρχέομαι · orcheomai — Beekes

ὀρχέομαι [v.] ‘to dance’, act. ‘to make dance’ (II., Ion, trag.). 41E? *h,erg’- ‘mount(?)> °VAR Aor. ὀρχήσασθαι (Od.). eCOMP Also with prefixes like b1-, κατ-, é&-. eDER 1. Action noun ὀρχ-ηθμός [m.] ‘dance’ (Hom., ἢ. Ap.), -ησμός [m.] ‘id’ (A.), -ηστύς [f.] ‘id’ (Hom., E. Cyc. 171), like κιθαριστύς; younger -notc [f.] ‘id’ (postHom.), -ημα (ὑπ-) [n.] ‘id’ (Simon, S., PL). 2. Agent noun ὀρχ-ηστήρ (IL), -πστής, Dor. … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀρχέομαι, p. 1166]

2. ὀρχέομαι · orcheomai — Chantraine

ὀρχέομαι : Hom., ion.-att., aor. ὀρχήσασθαι (Od., ion.-att.), « danser » le plus souvent en groupe, distinct de — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀρχέομαι, p. 847]

3. ὀρχέομαι · orcheomai — Frisk

ὀρχέομαι (seit Il.), Aor. ὀρχήσασθαι (seit Od.), auch m. Präfix wie ὑπ-, κατ-, ἐξ-, "tanzen’, Akt. ὀρχέω “tanzen machen’ (Ion Trag.). — Davon 1. die Nom. actionis ὀρχ-ηϑμός m. "Tanz’ (Hom., ἢ. Ap. u.a.), -ησμός m. “ds.” (A. in Iyr. u.a.), -ηστύς f. ‘ds.’ (Hom., E. Kyk. 171; wie κιϑαριατύς); jünger -ησις f. “ds.” (nachhom.; Holt Les noms d’action en -oıs 127; semantisch trotz Benveniste Noms d’ag. 86 von -ηστύς nicht … — [Frisk, s.v. ὀρχέομαι, p. 1405]

4. ὀρχέομαι · orcheomai — LSJ

dance, to dance in, on, dance

dance, ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι . . ὠρχεῦντʼ Il. 18.594 ; Ἅλιον καὶ Λαοδάμαντα κέλευσε μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι Od. 8.371, cf. 14.465 ; πόσσʼ ἁπαλοῖσιν ὀρχεῦνται Hes. Th. 4 ; ὀ. πρὸς ὅπλα, of the Pyrrhic dance, Demetr.Sceps. ap. Ath. 4.155b ; ἐν ῥυθμῷ X. Cyr. 1.3.10 ; ὀρχεῖσθαι ταῖς χερσί (cf. χειρονομέω) Antiph. 113.1 : c. acc. loci, δώσω τοι Τεγέην ποσσίκροτον ὀρχήσασθαι to dance in or on, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.66, cf. Euph. l.c. (Pass.): also c. acc. cogn., Λακωνικὰ σχημάτια ὀρχεῖσθαι dance Laconian steps, Id

2 represent by dancing, pantomime

represent by dancing or pantomime, ὀρχεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν, ὀ. τὸν Αἴαντα, Luc. Salt. 80, 83, cf. AP 9.248 (Boeth.), 11.254 (Lucill.).

II leap, bound, shook, trembled

metaph., leap, bound, ὀρχεῖται δὲ καρδία φόβῳ A. Ch. 166, cf. Anaxandr. 59 ; Θεσσαλίη ὠρχήσατο Thessaly shook, trembled, Call. Del. 139.

III make to dance, made, leap

Act. ὀρχέω, make to dance (v. Pl. Cra. 407a), is used by Ion Trag. 50, ἐκ τῶν ἀέλπτων μᾶλλον ὤρχησεν φρένας made my heart leap (so codd. Ath., ὤρχησαι Nauck); but ὀρκῆσι in Ar. Th. 1179 is a barbarism for ὀρχῆται.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὀρχέομαι (scan pp. 1166-1167; entry #4681).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀρχέομαι (scan p. 847; entry #6080).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀρχέομαι (scan p. 1405; entry #4360).

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