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ὀρρωδ-έω

orrodeo

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What it meant

1. ὀρρωδέω · orrōdeō — Chantraine

ὀρρωδέω : att., Th., Ar., PL, D., ἀρρωδέω ion., Ηρ.» Hdt., terme expressif pour dire « avoir peur, trembler de » ; également avec préverbes κατα- (Hdt., Plb.), ὅπερ- (Hdt., E.), d'où ὀρρωδία, ἀρρωδίη « peur, angoisse » (Hdt., Th., E., etc.). Ei.: Obscure. Explication des lexicographes anciens, par ex. Hsch. s.u. ὄρρος : οἱ γὰρ δεδοικότες ἰδίουσι τὸν ὄρρον ὅ ἐστιν ἱδροῦσιν, cf. ρΡ.-ὃ. Ar., Gr. 237; une explication … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀρρωδέω, p. 844]

2. ὁρρωδέω · horrōdeō — Frisk

ὁρρωδέω (att.), ion. ἀρρωδέω (Hp., Hdt.), auch m. Präfix, bes. xar-, "schaudern, Angst haben, fürchten’ mit ὀρρωδία, ἀροωδίη f. “Angst, Furcht’ (Hdt., Th., E. u.a.). — Nicht sicher erklärt. Semantisch ansprechend ist der Vorschlag von Breal MSL 8, 309 (zustimmend Lasso de la Vega Emer. 23, 121f.): ὀρρωδέω von ὄρρος über ξὀρρώδης "ängstlich, furchtsam’ wie frz. couard, it. codardo von lat. coda. Dabei muß man … — [Frisk, s.v. ὁρρωδέω, p. 1399]

3. ὀρρωδ-έω · orrōd-eō — LSJ

dread, shrink from, fear for, because of

dread, shrink from, c. acc., Hdt. 5.35, al., E. El. 831, Ar. Eq. 126, 541, al.; τήν τινος μανίαν Pl. Smp. 213d : c. gen. rei, fear for or because of a thing, Hdt. 1.111; so ὑπέρ τινος Lys. 28.7 ; περί τινος And. 2.7 ; περὶ τῷ ἐμαυτοῦ σώματι Th. 6.9 ; ἀμφὶ θανάτου Aret. SA 2.2 : folld. by a Relat. clause, ἀ. ὅτι . . Hdt. 8.70 : more freq. ἀ. or ὀ. μὴ . . , Id. 1.9, 156, Antipho 3.3.4, Pl. Euthphr. 3a, etc.; ὅπως μὴ . . Hp. Mul. 1.70 : also c. inf., ὀ. θανεῖν E. Hec. 768 ; αὐτὸς ὀ. παθεῖν Id. Fr.

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