I. to be getting ready to bear, growing ripe for something, of soil, Thphr.CP3.2.6 ; of trees, συμβαίνει . . τὰ . . δένδρα ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν βλάστησιν ib.1.6.2 ; “ὀργᾷ [ἡ σμῖλαξ] πρὸς τὴν ἄνθησιν” Plu.2.647f; and of fruit, swell as it ripens, “ὁ καρπὸς πεπαίνεται καὶ ὀργᾷ” Hdt.4.199 : so c. inf., ὀργᾷ ἀμᾶσθαι grows ripe for cutting, ibid., cf. X.Oec.19.19 ; of a wound, ὀργᾶν φαίνεται appears turgid, Hp.Fract.28, cf. Aph.1.22.
II. of men, like σφριγάω, swell with lust, wax wanton, be rampant, Ar.Lys.1113, Av. 462 (where the Sch. explains it ἐπιθυμητικῶς ἔχω) ; “ὁ ἐπ᾽ ἀφροδισίοις μαινόμενος . . ὀργῶν” Poll.6.188 ; of human beings and animals, to be in heat, desire sexual intercourse, ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν ὁμιλίαν, ὀχείαν, Arist.HA542a32,560b13 ; ὀ. ὀχεύεσθαι ib.500b11 ; “πρὸς τὸ γεννᾶν” Plu. 2.651c.
2. generally, to be eager or ready, to be excited, “Λακεδαιμονίων ὀργώντων ἔμελλον πειράσεσθαι” Th.4.108 ; ὀργῶντες κρίνειν judge under the influence of passion, Id.8.2 : c. inf., “ὄργα μαθεῖν” A. Ch.454 (lyr.); “ὀργᾶν τεκεῖν” Arist.HA613b28 ; “ἀκοῦσαι ὀργῶ” Cratin. 21 D.; of a thing, to be urgent, “ὤργα τὸ πρᾶγμα” A.Fr.54A; “ὀ. πρός τι” Plu.Alex.6, D.Chr.36.26, Marcellin.Vit. Thuc.54 ; “ἐπὶ ἐκφύλους συνόδους” Ph.2.21 ; ὀργᾷς ὃς ἱππίαν ἐς ὁδόν dub. cj. in Pi.P.6.50 : plpf. Pass. in act. sense, ὧν ἀκροᾶσθαι . . ὤργητο (restd. from Hsch. and some Mss. for ὥρμητο) Th.2.21.
