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ὀροθύνω

orothuno

to excite, incite, revive

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What it meant

1. ὀροθύνω · orothynō — Beekes

ὀροθύνω [v.] ‘to excite, incite, revive’ (Il. also A. Pr. 202). ΝΑΙ Aor. ὀροθῦναι. *COMP Also with ἐξ-, ἀμφ-. *ETYM Acc. to Frisk, a secondary formation from » ἐρέθω, replacing earlier *Opo8éw (after θαρσύνω, ὁτρύνω, etc.), or directly from a lost noun *dpo8oc. Not assimilated from "ἐροθύνω; see Van Beek fthc.b. Spopat [v.] «VAR Only ὄρονται, -vto (epic). = ὁράω. dpov [?] - σκεῦός τι γεωργικὸν ὡς ᾿Ισαῖος (fr. … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀροθύνω, p. 1159]

2. ὀροθύνω · orothynō — Chantraine

ὀροθύνω : aor. ὀροθῦναι «exciter, exhorter » (Hom., Æsch., Pr. 202); rarement avec préverbes : ë£- (Cypr., Q.5.), ἀμφο- (inscr. thessal.). | — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀροθύνω, p. 842]

3. ὀροθύνω · orothynō — LSJ

stir up, rouse, urge on, urge

stir up, rouse, urge on, mostly of persons, Il. 13.351, etc.; also of things, πάντας δʼ ὀρόθυνον ἐναύλους 21.312 ; πάσας δʼ ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας Od. 5.292 : c. inf., urge one to do, A.R. 1.522, 1275.— Ep. word, used in Pass. by A., στάσις τʼ ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο Pr. 202 ; and Herm. restores ὀροθύνεις (for ὀρθεῖς or ὀρθοῖς) in E. Ba. 1168 (lyr.).

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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. ὀροθύνω (scan p. 1159; entry #4657).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀροθύνω (scan p. 842; entry #6043).

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