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ὀρίνω

orino

to excite, stir

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Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Iliad 33 · 2.96/10k
Odyssey 15 · 1.73/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. ὀρΐνω · orinō — Beekes

ὀρΐνω, -ομαι [v.] ‘to excite, stir’,(II.). 41Ὲ *h,r-i- ‘set in movement’> «ΝΑΙ Lesb. dpivvw (only-Hdn., -v- Alc; see Hamm 1957: 36 and 131), aor. dpivat, -ασθαι, pass. ὀρινθῆναι. *COMP Also with ovv-, ἐξ-, ἀν-. *DER Opivtng [m.] ‘exciter’ (Theognost.). Uncertain is the appurtenance of the Corinthian horsename Opipwv (Fraenkel Gnomon 22 (1950): 238). *ETYM The present ὀρίνω, whence the other forms derive, may either … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀρΐνω, p. 1153]

2. ὀρίνω · orinō — Chantraine

ὀρίνω : -ouo «soulever, exciter », etc. (Hom., poètes), ὀρίννω est donné comme éol. Hän. II, 561, 8, mais le texte d'Alc. a ὀρένω, cf. Hamm, Gr. z. Sappho und Alkaios 36 et 131 avec la note 313 ; aor. ὥρινα, -ἄμην, pass. ὠρίνθην ; également avec préverbes : &v- (Aïc.), ἐξ- (Æsch.), ἐπ- (tardif), παρ- (Alc.), ouv- (Hom., A.R.). Dérivés : ὀρίντης m. « qui excite » (Théognost. Can. 43), ὀρινίαι * ἀναδενδράδες (Hsch.), … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀρίνω, p. 837]

3. ὀρίνω · orinō — Frisk

ὀρίνω, -ομαι (lesb. ὀοίννω nur Hdn,, -v- Alk.; s. Hamm Gramm. 36 u. 131 m. A.313), Aor. ὀρῖναι, -aodaı, Pass. ὀρινϑῆναι, auch m. συν-, ἐξ-, dv- u.8. “erregen, aufregen’ (ep. poet. seit Il.); ὀρίντης m. Erreger’ (Theognost.). — Das Präsens dofvo, wovon sekundär die übrigen Formen, kann entweder für *dpı-v-1w (kombin. Nasal- u. Jotpräsens wie κλίνω; Brugmann Grundr?. 11:8, 333) oder für *6o3-vF-& (themat. umgebildetes … — [Frisk, s.v. ὀρίνω, p. 1389]

4. ὀρίνω · orinō — LSJ

stir, raise, stir, move, excite, driving, wild, to be stirred, roused, was troubled within him, driven in flight, affrighted

Ep. Verb (used by Epicr. 11.36, Arist. Pr. 947b32), stir, raise, ὡς δʼ ἄνεμοι δύο πόντον ὀρίνετον Il. 9.4 ; [ἀέλλη] πόντον ὀρίνει 11.298, cf. Od. 7.273 ; πάντα δʼ ὄρινε ῥέεθρα Il. 21.235 : mostly metaph., stir, move, excite, θυμὸν ὀρίνειν Od. 4.366 ; θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὀ. Il. 2.142 ; μνηστῆρας ὀρίνων driving them wild with fear, Od. 24.448 ; ἦτορ ἐν στήθεσσιν ὄρινε 17.47 ; ὄρινε δὲ κῆρ Ὀδυσῆος ib. 216 ; also γόον Il. 24.760 ; ὀρυμαγδόν 21.313 ; Κύπριν Ps.-Phoc. 3 ; φρένας οἶνος ὀρίνει AP 15.9 (

II incite

incite one to do, c. acc. et inf., Orph. L. 59.

In the wild

ὤρινε · ōrine Works and Days 504–507
ὤρινε · ōrine Works and Days 674–677
ὀρίνει · orinei Iliad 11.298
ὀρινομένους · orinomenous Iliad 11.521
ὀρίνονται · orinontai Iliad 11.525
ὀρίναις · orinais Iliad 11.792

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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. ὀρίνω (scan pp. 1153-1154; entry #4640). Root candidates: *ori-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀρίνω (scan p. 837; entry #6021).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀρίνω (scan pp. 1389-1390; entry #4326).

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