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ὀρέγω , Od.17.366, E.Ph.1710 (lyr.), etc.; Ion. and later Prose, Hdt. 2.2, Arist.HA497b27, etc.: impf.
A.ὤρεγονPi.P.4.240, App.BC4.126 : fut. “ὀρέξωIl.13.327, E.Med.902 : aor. “ὤρεξαIl.23.406, Trag. (S.OC846, etc.), and sts. in Prose, Pl.Phd.117b, X.An.7.3.29:—Med.and Pass., Il.24.506, Th.2.65, etc.: fut. “ὀρέξομαιE.Hel.353, Pl.R.486a (ἐπ-): aor. “ὠρεξάμηνIl.23.99, E.HF16, etc.: rare in Prose, X.Mem.1.2.15 ; also ὠρέχθην ib.16, Ages.1.4, Smp.8.35, Hp.Ep.17, Epicur.Sent.7, Fr.187, as well as in E.Hel.1238) (not in Hom.): pf. “ὤρεγμαιHp.Oss.18 ; redupl. 3pl. ὀρωρέχαται, plpf. -έχατο, Il.16.834, 11.26.—Cf. ὀρέγνυμι, ὀριγνάομαι :—reach, stretch, stretch out,χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγωνOd.17.366 ; “εἰς οὐρανόνIl.15.371, Od.9.527 ; χεῖρας ἐμοὶ ὀρέγοντας, in entreaty, 12.257, cf. Plu.Cam.36 ; “μοι . . λεχέων ἐκ χεῖρας ὄρεξαςIl.24.743 ; “πρός τιναPi. P.4.240, cf. S.OC846, etc. ; Ὅμηρον . . , ἐφ᾽ ὃν πᾶσαι χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγουσι πόλεις, to claim him, APl.4.294.
II. Med. and Pass.,
1. abs., stretch oneself out, stretch forth one's hand, Od.21.53 ; “ἀνδρὸς . . ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγεσθαιIl.24.506 (but “χεῖρας ὀρεξαμένουhaving lent a helping hand, Epigr.Gr.448.4 (Syria)); “ὀρεξαμένη ἀπὸ δίφρουHes.Sc.456; ὠρέξατο χερσὶ φίλῃσι, χειρὶ σκαιῇ, Il.23.99, Hes.Th.178 ; ἔγχει ὀρεξάσθω let him lunge with the spear (from the chariot), Il.4.307 ; “πρόσθεν Ἄρης ὠρέξαθ᾽ ὑπὲρ ζυγὸν . . ἔγχεϊ χαλκείῳ5.851 ; ποσσὶν ὀρωρέχαται πολεμίζειν, of horses, they galloped to the fight, 16.834; ὀρέξατ᾽ ἰών he stretched himself as he went, i.e. made a stride, 13.20 ; ὀρωρέχατο προτὶ δειρήν were stretched out towards the neck, 11.26 ; of fish, rise at the bait,καί τις τῶν τραφερῶν ὠρέξατοTheoc. 21.44 ; for A.Ag.1111, v. ὄρεγμα 1.1.
3. c. acc., σῖτόν τ᾽ ὄρεξαι take food, E.Or.303 (v.l. σίτων); αἰώρημα διὰ δέρης ὀρέξομαι I will put the noose on my neck, Id.Hel.353 (lyr.).
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