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ὄρομαι

oromai

voir épée

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What it meant

1. ὄρομαι · oromai — Chantraine

ὄρομαι, voir épée. ’Opopréräs : épithète de Zeus attestée à Chypre (pour un Éniane), Hermes 1915, 158. Bechtel, Gr. Dial, 1, 404, adopte une explication de Sittig, évoquant ὀρειδάτης. Là-contre Cook, Zeus 2, 869, qui rapproche le mot « delphique » ὀρεμπότης. — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄρομαι, p. 842]

2. ὄρομαι · oromai — Frisk

ὄρομαι (nur ὄρονται, -vro, EP.) 5. dodw. — [Frisk, s.v. ὄρομαι, p. 1397]

3. ὄρομαι · oromai — LSJ

keep watch

keep watch, used only in compd. with ἐπί, which is always separated from the Verb by tmesis, αἰπόλια πλατέʼ αἰγῶν . . ἐσχατιῇ βόσκοντʼ, ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄρονται Od. 14.104 ; ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄροντο, οἶνον οἰνοχοεῦντες 3.471 (cf. ὄρνυμι ad init.); ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνὴρ ἐσθλὸς ὀρώρει Μηριόνης Il. 23.112.—So Sch. Od. 14.104 (cf. ὅρει· φυλάσσει, Hsch.) rightly : ἐπὶ . . ὄρομαι is related to ἐπίουρος (ἔφορος) .

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄρομαι (scan p. 842; entry #6045).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄρομαι (scan p. 1397; entry #4338).

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