The corpus record

ὄρεγ-μα

oregma · τό

stretching out

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant

ὄρεγ-μα · oreg-ma — LSJ

stretching out, reach, stride

stretching out, τὰ χερὸς ὀ. A. Ch. 426 (lyr.); προτείνει δὲ χεὶρ ἐκ χερὸς ὀρέγματα (as Herm. from Sch. for ὀρεγόμενα of cod. M) A. Ag. 1111 (lyr.); βημάτων ὄρεγμα Id. Ch. 799 (lyr., but the passage is corrupt); ὄ. ποδός APl. 16.189 (Nic.): abs., διὰ τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ ὀ. of their reach or stride, of camels, Arist. HA 632a31 ; v. ἁμιλλάομαι II.

2 holding out, offering

holding out, offering, παρηΐδων E. Ph. 307 (lyr.).

a measure of length, a subdivision of the σχοῖνος, Tab.Heracl. 2.33, al.

In the wild

ὀρέγματα · oregmata Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1110–1111
ὄρεγμα · oregma Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 796–799
ὀρέγματα · oregmata Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 423–428
ὄρεγμα · oregma Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 333)
ὄρεγμα · oregma Euripides, Phoenissae *)ioka/sth (DIORISIS sentence 132)

Where it came from

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